Is that $100 in USD or AUD? Because in either currency that seems excessive unless it's been hand carved from a piece of old growth forest that someone scrounged after a 3 day hike into an area accessible only on foot.
Although this does present options for the disposal of Mr Lambright's Hell Tree...
Yeah, it's been a crying shame taking apart that maple- there's some really pretty grain in there. I did take a few pretty log cross sections for my daughter- she used them for artwork. Years ago I did something similar to a black walnut. I loathed the idea of turning it into firewood, but I couldn't find a single lumber yard that would come and take the gorgeous wood off my hands! They said, "Do you have an acre of those trees? Because otherwise, it doesn't pay for us." Sadly, into the woodstove, it went. The CO2 will be released anyway, whether it rots or goes up my chimney. BTW, I only take deadfall.
“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” William Morris. He also believed they should be both . Also not go all Marie Kondo on your arse but spending $100 would not spark joy.
Is that really a use-case that needs a new "thing" to achieve? Doesn't a table top and any other sturdy item, in combination, do the same thing? If you use a stack of books as the other thing, you can probably even find one with a picture of an owl on it...
Speaking as someone who's reached the stage of old-manhood that involves trying to reduce the amount of "useless stuff" that has been accumulating during all of the previous years. Do I really need that huge box of random extension cords and unused power supplies?
How about the innumerable packets of all sorts of screws with one or two of the ten or twenty used? If only you could buy screws by the ones and twos...
The power supplies lurk because of course as soon as I throw them out I'll (re)discover the wretched item that needs one of them and its obscure custom plug...
That's a really great idea, but not a hundred-dollar idea by any means. BTW, if you have hundreds of pre-cut blanks, you can knock one of those together in five minutes. For Pete's sake, it's not even proper joints. My bud Mike has his own sawmill- you should see the stuff he builds in his spare time! A tree service brings him whole trunks for free; then, using heavy equipment, he feeds them into his backyard mill. It's impressive.
Is that $100 in USD or AUD? Because in either currency that seems excessive unless it's been hand carved from a piece of old growth forest that someone scrounged after a 3 day hike into an area accessible only on foot.
Although this does present options for the disposal of Mr Lambright's Hell Tree...
Yeah, it's been a crying shame taking apart that maple- there's some really pretty grain in there. I did take a few pretty log cross sections for my daughter- she used them for artwork. Years ago I did something similar to a black walnut. I loathed the idea of turning it into firewood, but I couldn't find a single lumber yard that would come and take the gorgeous wood off my hands! They said, "Do you have an acre of those trees? Because otherwise, it doesn't pay for us." Sadly, into the woodstove, it went. The CO2 will be released anyway, whether it rots or goes up my chimney. BTW, I only take deadfall.
“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” William Morris. He also believed they should be both . Also not go all Marie Kondo on your arse but spending $100 would not spark joy.
Is that really a use-case that needs a new "thing" to achieve? Doesn't a table top and any other sturdy item, in combination, do the same thing? If you use a stack of books as the other thing, you can probably even find one with a picture of an owl on it...
Speaking as someone who's reached the stage of old-manhood that involves trying to reduce the amount of "useless stuff" that has been accumulating during all of the previous years. Do I really need that huge box of random extension cords and unused power supplies?
"Do I really need that huge box of random extension cords and unused power supplies?"
IS THIS EVEN A QUESTION?
How about the innumerable packets of all sorts of screws with one or two of the ten or twenty used? If only you could buy screws by the ones and twos...
The power supplies lurk because of course as soon as I throw them out I'll (re)discover the wretched item that needs one of them and its obscure custom plug...
That's a really great idea, but not a hundred-dollar idea by any means. BTW, if you have hundreds of pre-cut blanks, you can knock one of those together in five minutes. For Pete's sake, it's not even proper joints. My bud Mike has his own sawmill- you should see the stuff he builds in his spare time! A tree service brings him whole trunks for free; then, using heavy equipment, he feeds them into his backyard mill. It's impressive.
You could probs whip one up out of the Amazon box it came in.