I have one friend and one uncle who run cabinet shops. They always have a certain amount of nice 1" scraps of hickory, oak, cherry, alder, etc. They might be 3" to 4" wide, etc. I've been thinking about salvaging their usable size scraps and making my own lump. Has anyone here ever done this? I know that many have made lump charcoal out of seasoned logs but we don't have any hardwood around here to speak of which leaves me with the cabinet shop varieties.
Thoughts?