Don’t Throw Out Your Offcuts — Make Panels Instead
ENU Woodcraft & DIY
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Cold weather, low motivation and a scrap pile that needed to disappear.
This week I turn leftover pallet timber into a set of fitted panels for the rubbish and recycling compartment in the outdoor pantry. Along the way, I try a viewer-suggested glue-up method that lets me assemble two panels in under 20 minutes.
Then there is the less elegant part: fitting everything into a frame that is nowhere near square, using expanding Gorilla Glue and working out the method as I go. It is definitely more exploration than tutorial, but the compartment ends up boxed in and ready for the next stage.
We also check on Catherine’s progress in the damp under-house room—officially a cellar rather than a dungeon—and look at what needs to happen before it can be rebuilt.
Build useful, good-looking things without expensive timber or a perfect workshop.
#PalletWood #Woodworking #DIY #Workshop
Chapters
00:00 ❄️ A cold week in the workshop
02:21 🪵 Clearing the scrap pile
04:01 🗑️ The pantry rubbish compartment
04:39 📐 Cutting the panels
08:24 🪚 Resawing more pallet timber
11:06 💡 A much faster glue-up
11:47 🌅 Day 2
12:21 🧱 The cellar after demolition
13:38 ✅ Six panels ready
14:33 🦍 Messy Gorilla Glue assembly
18:42 📦 The compartment is boxed in
19:16 🛒 Cellar supplies
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Don’t Throw Out Your Offcuts — Make Panels Instead
ENU Woodcraft & DIY
387 views
Cold weather, low motivation and a scrap pile that needed to disappear.
This week I turn leftover pallet timber into a set of fitted panels for the rubbish and recycling compartment in the outdoor pantry. Along the way, I try a viewer-suggested glue-up method that lets me assemble two panels in under 20 minutes.
Then there is the less elegant part: fitting everything into a frame that is nowhere near square, using expanding Gorilla Glue and working out the method as I go. It is definitely more exploration than tutorial, but the compartment ends up boxed in and ready for the next stage.
We also check on Catherine’s progress in the damp under-house room—officially a cellar rather than a dungeon—and look at what needs to happen before it can be rebuilt.
Build useful, good-looking things without expensive timber or a perfect workshop.
#PalletWood #Woodworking #DIY #Workshop
Chapters
00:00 ❄️ A cold week in the workshop
02:21 🪵 Clearing the scrap pile
04:01 🗑️ The pantry rubbish compartment
04:39 📐 Cutting the panels
08:24 🪚 Resawing more pallet timber
11:06 💡 A much faster glue-up
11:47 🌅 Day 2
12:21 🧱 The cellar after demolition
13:38 ✅ Six panels ready
14:33 🦍 Messy Gorilla Glue assembly
18:42 📦 The compartment is boxed in
19:16 🛒 Cellar supplies
🔨 ABOUT ENU WOODCRAFT & DIY
Reclaimed timber. Built properly.
Real builds, workshop projects, fixes and lessons from a small New Zealand workshop.
🛠️ SUPPORT ENU & USEFUL LINKS
Tools I use, ways to support the channel, social media and more:
https://www.enu.co.nz/support
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I’m trying to turn every usable pallet-wood offcut into panel stock instead of buying more timber. Do you save your scraps, burn them, or have another good use for them?