Standardized Scrap

Basics

• Reffered to as Stanscrap
• A Standardization System for use of Scrap / Recycling / Upcycling
• Similar to what Open Source Low Tech uses

Materials List

Corrugated Containerboard

• "Cardboard"
• Any Standard Box Sizes?
• Also can just say "cut to 0.5 meter sheet" etc
• Can be cut by hand, via Dragknife, or with a Lasercutter
• Rigid, Lightweight, Insulative, and Common/Cheap

Liquid Packaging Board

• What "Juice Boxes" "Box Wine" and similar products use
• Essentially a semi-rigid, durable, waterproof/vaporproof, insulative textile
• Outside of seams may be comprable to Tyvek ?

Metal Scrap

• Reuse "as is" if possible for Offcuts
• If melted try and keep as "Pure" as possible
• Get makerspaces to have an X-Ray Florescence Gun for measuring scrap metal ingot compositions?
  • Granted not accesible until a company makes such a device, and/or a FLOSH design is made

Vulcanized Rubber Tyres

• Will exist nearly anywhere wheeled vehicles are common
• Is there a common standardized width?
• Need to document those standards
• Can be used as is (For things like Roof Shingles , Shoes , Crash Barriers (like in F-1), as a bench/chair, as a Tyre Swing, or for Animal Agility Courses
  • ...And More
• Also VERY weatherproof

Wood / Wood Scrap

• Already common place, and standardized via standard wood shapes (2x4's and all that)
• Bamboo and on-site Engineered Wood Products may be an area to explore