| Project by darryl | posted 791 days ago | 1173 views | 0 times favorited | 11 comments | ![]() |
![]() |
I typically believe that if someone throws something away, they are doing it for a reason. I have heard also that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
I have known that there is a local furniture company about a block away from my house. I have also heard that their cut-offs are available for the taking. This past Sunday I found out what I’ve been missing, and I can assure you it won’t happen again!!
-- ~ www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com ~ www.woodworkingdungeon.blogspot.com ~





























11 comments so far
WayneC
home | projects | blog
5849 posts in 975 days
posted 791 days ago
Cool. I can see a number of project sitting there.
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
scottb
home | projects | blog
3386 posts in 1205 days
posted 791 days ago
I have those exact blocks, and my in-laws have the cart they show on thier homepage…
I’ll be in town for pumpkin day, I must make a pit stop in your nieghborhood – if you haven’t taken it all, that is… ;)
Do they just have a pile outback, like some granite countertop places do?
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/
scottb
home | projects | blog
3386 posts in 1205 days
posted 791 days ago
hmm… They don’t have their addy on their website… care to PM me where they are so’s I can get me a lifetime supply of pen blanks?
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/
TomFran
home | projects | blog
2501 posts in 872 days
posted 791 days ago
Darryl,
Good for you! Don’t you just love getting someone else’s “trash” like this!
I have found similar treasure troves and was very appreciative for it.
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
Zuki
home | projects | blog
1218 posts in 955 days
posted 791 days ago
great score !
-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them
Brad_Nailor
home | projects | blog
1192 posts in 835 days
posted 791 days ago
I have a WW shop up the street from me..but they charge for the cut offs…but still, it’s a good deal. Not as good a deal as free, but….
-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"
bryano
home | projects | blog
546 posts in 811 days
posted 791 days ago
Nice find. I often go to my local cabinet shop and dive in their dumpster for wood. people look at me like im crazy but the free wood is worth it. Alder, cherry, walnut, mahogany and other species I dont know the name of. If I get there early enough the people who work there will bring cut offs and damaged wood out of the shop and load it in the car for me.
-- bryano
Bill
home | projects | blog
2562 posts in 1039 days
posted 791 days ago
Good job Darryl. I bet you will be making a lot of projects this year. Do I see those Christmas gifts stacking up there?
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
mot
home | projects | blog
4901 posts in 914 days
posted 791 days ago
Nice! That’s why I never throw anything away, but appreciate those that do!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
Karson
home | projects | blog
25271 posts in 1278 days
posted 791 days ago
I used to stop at a cabinet shop in New jersey. He told me that the trash man came on Thursday and they always cleaned the shop on Wed and threw out some nice stuff. He said he didn’t have any problems with me dumpster diving.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Beginningwoodworker
home | projects | blog
3857 posts in 551 days
posted 512 days ago
Nice haul of lumber.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker