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Ideas for old chevrons

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I have this place where old chevrons go to die.

I don't want to throw them out. Any ideas for using them, displaying them, or giving them away?
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If you can get the use of a serious wood chipper you could add it all to compost - I know it’s not 100% organic (and unless it’s a really HD chipper you may need to remove the v nails), but it would be fine.
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That photo would make a great framers jigsaw😊
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Stack them neatly in cardboard boxes.

Put the boxes in a big shed for 30 years and then burn them. :lol:
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There is no kind way to save them and it does seem a shame but other than breaking them open and stringing them along like a sort of picture-rail around your studio, their most effective use is to have them as kindling for the fire.
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