As i said in my last blog I found another man’s “trash pile”, actually it is a local crate company. I went back today and am I glad I did. I picked up the trash shown in the folowing picture,
http://gi55.photobucket.com/groups/g146/BL2TED11OR/100_0120.jpg
As you can see, I picked up a bunch of different sizes of hardboard also.
http://gi55.photobucket.com/groups/g146/BL2TED11OR/100_0121.jpg
and lastley is yesterdays haul
http://gi55.photobucket.com/groups/g146/BL2TED11OR/100_0119.jpg
Today I also picked up some 2’x2’ pieces of particle board and 4 pieces of 2’x2’ finnish 3/4” plywood. I now have to build a table to store the plywood flat so it doesn’t warp. That’s it for now.






















8 comments so far
dsb1829
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posted 356 days ago
Yep, all junk. Better just toss it back in the dumpster :)
Nice hauls.
-- Doug, woodworking in Alabama
Robb
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posted 356 days ago
Gotta love dumpster diving! The price is right.
-- Robb
mtnwild
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posted 356 days ago
My kind of shopper.
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
oldskoolmodder
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posted 356 days ago
Gotta love a nice batch of free wood. Nice find.
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Greg Wurst
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posted 356 days ago
Nice haul! I love free material.
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rikkor
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posted 356 days ago
Now let’s see some projects made from repurposed trash.
lew
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posted 356 days ago
You wouldn’t want to divulge the location of that dumpster, would you?
Man, love your basement shop!
trucker12349
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posted 356 days ago
lew, this company puts out pallets of this stuff everyday. It is in millbury ma if you don’t mind the 6 hour ride