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.

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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.