Who has ever questioned the amount of scrap is created when making a project?
Recently I purchased 29bf @ $4.75/bf of 1 1/2 thick x 7 wide x 14 long Ambrosia Maple to make tapered legs for Tiny Tables. Ive always been aware that there was a lot of scrap wood created making tapered legs but I guess Ive never gone to the trouble to bundle up the scrap beside the cut out legs. Here is what my 29bf of wood looks like. The pile of scrap in the clear plastic bucket is the scrap, the pile of squares are 7 sets of legs and the 2 boards on the right are going to be used for a table top. The 2 boards would have been 1 more set of legs but a really big knot and rotten spot made that section of board too short for legs. Its hard to tell what the ratio of usable wood to scrap is but by weight Id say it was 60% scrap to 40% usable wood.
If this was a legitimate business venture it would surely fail.
capncarl
Recently I purchased 29bf @ $4.75/bf of 1 1/2 thick x 7 wide x 14 long Ambrosia Maple to make tapered legs for Tiny Tables. Ive always been aware that there was a lot of scrap wood created making tapered legs but I guess Ive never gone to the trouble to bundle up the scrap beside the cut out legs. Here is what my 29bf of wood looks like. The pile of scrap in the clear plastic bucket is the scrap, the pile of squares are 7 sets of legs and the 2 boards on the right are going to be used for a table top. The 2 boards would have been 1 more set of legs but a really big knot and rotten spot made that section of board too short for legs. Its hard to tell what the ratio of usable wood to scrap is but by weight Id say it was 60% scrap to 40% usable wood.
If this was a legitimate business venture it would surely fail.
capncarl
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