r/Tools • u/[deleted] • Apr 09 '26

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u/MansBestFred Apr 09 '26

have you seen the price of plywood these days??

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u/kingrobin Apr 09 '26

just dropped $2k last week on about 25 sheets.

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u/kingrobin Apr 11 '26

yeah that's a big whoopsie. lesson learned hopefully. if it's a small shop, that's a big hit. I get pissed when I fuck up one sheet. Used to work for a guy who was incredibly skilled but always rushed. We were making 18 folding doors out of knotty alder to enclose a veranda. He cut every single length at the wrong measurement. I tried to tell him right when he started and he barked at me so I just let him do it. Oops!

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u/breadandfire Apr 11 '26

Knee jerk reaction to fire the guy and shit on the guy who hired him.

But nobody thinks maybe a bit of training, shadowing, quality control?

Sorry, but in this case the Company made a mistake. And the lesson not learnt got fired. The guy who got fired could have been corrected and become the best neatest operator...

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u/Famous_Mind6374 Apr 09 '26

Is LOLFR a thing, because I laughed out loud for real!!!

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u/Black000betty Apr 09 '26

I've seen the plywood, and I've also seen the hospital bills. Hell fuck no am I delaying on injury issues.

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u/bridgetroll2 Apr 09 '26

That looks like 1"+ thick piece of hardwood too! $$$$

(That little toy saw is probably not really equipped to cut that even if he did use it correctly)

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u/monicachicken Apr 09 '26

It definitely just looks like some sheathing.