Rockytime Posted February 3, 2018 Report Posted February 3, 2018 Probably no big deal but this morning after breakfast and going to my car in the alley I discovered a small four drawer dresser. I grabbed the drawers. Taking them home I removed the hardware and now have a nice selection of solid wood boards. The reason this is a good score for me is it's 1/2". Don't know what kind of wood , probably pine. The sizes are convenient too. OCtoolguy, wombatie, tomsteve and 5 others 6 2 Quote
woodduck Posted February 3, 2018 Report Posted February 3, 2018 Wow that's a good find ,like finding treasure. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
rjweb Posted February 3, 2018 Report Posted February 3, 2018 Thats great, you are on a roll with finds, the Hawk saw, now wood, Rj OCtoolguy 1 Quote
Brianr24 Posted February 3, 2018 Report Posted February 3, 2018 Nice grab. Hard to tell in photo but looks like could be poplar OCtoolguy 1 Quote
MrsN Posted February 3, 2018 Report Posted February 3, 2018 It is nice to find free wood, can't wait to see what you make. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
kmmcrafts Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 Must be the lucky day for us.. on the way to look at some computer desk for my kids.. what was sitting by the road? a computer desk. only about 4 mile away.. even though i grabbed it up we went looking..because this one needs some repairs.. and it's just cheap press board or whatever that junk is called.. I'm tempted to just build one from solid wood.. and I just might do that.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
tomsteve Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) awesome!! beings how them drawers were dovetailed, im thinkin something better than pine. i wouldnt be surprised if it was poplar or maple. but then again species could depend on what country it was manufactured in. Edited February 4, 2018 by tomsteve amazingkevin and OCtoolguy 2 Quote
bandaideman Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 You will enjoy that wood find and will have many uses for it. A friend of mine probably a good ten years ago invited me to his shop and had some wood he would not use all of to small too thin he was a larger product maker. I got many many many broke down drawers various sizes and length but all oak. I am still using the wood now I have about 15 five inch square pieces left. Oh it was all red oak. I also scored literally hundreds of doles various sizes Love friends and free wood. I found so many different things to do with the Oak so enjoy and put on your creative cap OCtoolguy and amazingkevin 2 Quote
OCtoolguy Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 3 hours ago, Rockytime said: Probably no big deal but this morning after breakfast and going to my car in the alley I discovered a small four drawer dresser. I grabbed the drawers. Taking them home I removed the hardware and now have a nice selection of solid wood boards. The reason this is a good score for me is it's 1/2". Don't know what kind of wood , probably pine. The sizes are convenient too. Lucky you. All I ever find is junk particle board or some other manmade crap. amazingkevin 1 Quote
NC Scroller Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 99% sure it is poplar. No matter the type wood free wood is always great. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
lawson56 Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 Now that's what I call Happy Birthday!!!!! OCtoolguy 1 Quote
amazingkevin Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 On 2/3/2018 at 8:29 PM, octoolguy said: Lucky you. All I ever find is junk particle board or some other manmade crap. Change your route, big apartment complexes have moved out around the end and 1st. of the month .i've gotten good scores from them tomsteve and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote
ike Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 My neighbor was throwing out two dressers and I grabed the Draweers and got the wood out oft them now I have some good 1/2 in looks like fer boards they just need a little sanding . in nice weather I useally drive around looking for these free wood It's the best kind. IKE OCtoolguy 1 Quote
Hawk Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) Awesome find, I'm always on the hunt fro "free" project wood...I grab pallets when their free, mostly fire wood, but occasionally score oak or maple, a few passes thru the planner and you get some nice stuff. Chris Edited February 5, 2018 by Hawk OCtoolguy 1 Quote
WayneMahler Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 Congrats on the find. Looking forward to seeing what it turns into. Please keep us posted. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
OPi Posted February 6, 2018 Report Posted February 6, 2018 Picked up a cabinet of some sort - just up the street - when I started to disassemble, it was all MDF with a very thin veneer. Disappointed!! Also picked up a nice end table that's solid wood. Too nice to take apart and cut up. It now sits next to my computer. Covered with papers, stapler, hole punch, calculator, scotch tape, and my folder of patterns. Anything in this house with a flat surface gets covered within nanoseconds. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
blights69 Posted February 6, 2018 Report Posted February 6, 2018 Gotta love a find like that makes me smile every time when someone chucks what they think is crap and then someone comes along and makes it into a gem OCtoolguy 1 Quote
rdatelle Posted February 6, 2018 Report Posted February 6, 2018 I think I have to start driving around now to see what's out there. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
Scrolling Steve Posted February 7, 2018 Report Posted February 7, 2018 Congrats on the find ! OCtoolguy 1 Quote
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