thenewred@lemmy.world to Woodworking@lemmy.ca · edit-21 year agoWife wanted a plant shelf on Amazon for $60. I said, pshh, I can build that myself. So I did. It only cost $90 and took all weekend.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1885arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1874arrow-down1imageWife wanted a plant shelf on Amazon for $60. I said, pshh, I can build that myself. So I did. It only cost $90 and took all weekend.lemmy.worldthenewred@lemmy.world to Woodworking@lemmy.ca · edit-21 year agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
Made entirely from 1x2 pine. Ripped into thirds for the shelf slats. Pocket holes. Glue. Brads and glue for the shelf slats.
minus-squareObinice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThat tiny bit of pine wood cost 90 dollaroos?! Christ, no wonder I can never afford to make anything :-( That’s like, 6 full weeks of house electricity payments right there, haha.
minus-squareLordofCandy@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIf he had bought a sheet and ripped his own slats on a table saw it’d have been cheaper. But then he’d have to have a table saw. Fabrication is mostly front loaded. If you aren’t equipped for it then economies of scale is working against you.
That tiny bit of pine wood cost 90 dollaroos?! Christ, no wonder I can never afford to make anything :-(
That’s like, 6 full weeks of house electricity payments right there, haha.
If he had bought a sheet and ripped his own slats on a table saw it’d have been cheaper. But then he’d have to have a table saw. Fabrication is mostly front loaded. If you aren’t equipped for it then economies of scale is working against you.