Until about 1900, uncut turnings were used to make spool furniture. But another type of spool furniture was made from the empty thread spools that were saved by sewers.

Turn empty thread spools into creative and useful crafts with this best out of waste DIY idea. Whether used for mini vases, ...

Wooden or plastic, stop throwing away your used-up thread spools. Instead of letting them pile up at the dump, repurpose them in beautiful and functional ways.

A lathe developed about 1815 made turnings that were probably cut apart to use as wooden spools for thread. Until about 1900, uncut turnings were used to make spool furniture.

Empty spools from 3D printer filament are the kind of thing that begs to be repurposed, and one option is [3d-printy]’s vertical filament spool parts drawer design. The way this solution work… ...

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