Furniture makers a couple of miles away chucks their offcuts out every week and oh boy the haul I came away with this time 🥵

Mostly oak and cherry, and a little bit of walnut and maple

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shittydwarf@piefed.ca · 45 pts · 85d

Peanut butter and jealous over here

Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 31 pts · 85d (1 reply)

Damn dude, they all look like they've been planed and jointed too 🥵

fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 23 pts · 85d

Now you've both got wood.

keepee@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 85d

I'm not jealous. 😬

toofpic@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 85d (2 replies)

Are they crazy? They don't use any of that to make byproducts? You can glue a few pieces to make new wood slabs for example - of course, usually one-piece things cost more, but it's a lot of material so it's just weird it is not used at all!

BCsven@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 85d

They've probably crunched the numbers, where storing inventory and the labour to piece stuff together is more costly than just tossing out the value of the wood.

CelloMike@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 85d

I think they make beds and sideboards and other big stuff, so these really are just tiny bits as far as what they're working with, I guess as the other comment says they can just write this stuff off as it'd cost more to retool to use it

DazeEnd@mstdn.social · 6 pts · 85d

@CelloMike Nice haul!

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 85d

How do I get on this gravy train?!

Jason844@mastodon.social · 3 pts · 85d

@CelloMike Sweet!

viral.vegabond@piefed.social · 1 pts · 82d

Nice resourcefulness, are you planning on making anything specific?

Siera@feddit.uk · 0 pts · 81d
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