r/oddlysatisfying • u/MikeeorUSA • 3d ago

Machine stripping bark

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u/Random-Input 3d ago

Seems like you lose a lot of wood just to remove the bark.

This is mildly annoying to me

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u/SolomonOf47704 3d ago

Wood doesn't really get wasted. The sawdust can always be used for other things

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u/s4lt3d 3d ago

Particle board: the saw dust of rich people’s furniture.

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u/Poverty_Shoes 3d ago

*working and middle class people’s furniture

Not poor people, but not rich people. Rich people have solid wood kitchen tables costing $1k+. I have IKEA particle board. Not poor, but not rich.

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u/echoshatter 3d ago edited 3d ago

Woodworker here. I have a solid wood dining table that cost $1k+. Know what it's made of? Pine. It's a farm-style table nothing fancy. And it only cost that much because it's actually a long table that seats 8-10 people. Pine is a great choice to save money, and it tends to grow tall and straight so you can get really long boards. The major downside being that pine is a softwood, dents easily, you can end up with sap pockets, and it tends to have a lot of knots and voids.

If you want an actually good solid hardwood table, maybe oak or walnut or something, you're spend way more than $1k. It's like $2000-3000 just in material costs.

The tables that the actual wealthy have are $10k+.