Have you seen my Mahogany Material

[Anthony_Long]

I am new here. I learned a very tough lesson. I learned of the dust collection shop shut down, and of the storage limitations, and worked as quickly as I could to get my project completed in time.

On the day I scheduled to mill my material I spent about 50% of my time cleaning out the inside of the planer, jointer, bandsaw, and tablesaws. As a woodworker of over 20 years, one thing I do know how to do is adapt to a limitation. The planer clogging up after running a few boards through it, was a pretty big hit to my efficiency. My material was a bit too long to resaw on the bandsaw, so I had to resaw on the tablesaw, to minimize the time on the planer, being mindful that others needed to use it as well..

Long story short, being new, when I scheduled this project, I did not know that, in addition to the shop shutdown, I would not be allowed to store wood ANYWHERE in the shop. I was made aware of and complied with the requirement to clear the storage shelves. I saw other materials stored temporarily over near the scrap bin and the hand tools, where there was no ducting being stored or connected.

I get it - my responsibility. I literally just started renting a few weeks ago. bad timing. I’m not looking for sympathy but I am still trying to locate some of my work that was in clamps when I left it Thursday night. Michael has clearly laid out that this was the risk I was taking by leaving my wood there, but I am still hopeful that it did not get disposed of. It was clearly not scrap; it was obviously work that cost money and a lot of time, considering the extra effort it took to mill it up. It took someone time to unclamp all of my clamps, dispose of several sheets of mahogany veneer from resawing, and most importantly, my glue up that is part of a door that my client is expecting me to install this week.

If someone remembers seeing it cut up and thrown away, or brought to a dumpster, I would appreciate this information, but I am not satisfied with “likely” or “probably.”

Clearly, this is frustrating. Please, if anyone has any information on the whereabouts of this glue-up, I would greatly appreciate it so I can move forward as soon as possible.

Respectfully, Anthony

[valerie (Valerie Grace Wilmot)]

Thank you for the understanding and I’m very sorry this happened, especially as a new member. I hope we can crowdsource knowledge here to help you find out where it went. Can you give some more specifics on date and time you left it? I see 12:38 on the clock, but not sure the date and that could be AM or PM in our space

On a brighter note, I believe the new dust collector will go a long way in improving the board milling experience in the woodshop. I hope your next project goes much smoother.

[Anthony_Long]

Thanks Valerie, good observation! That was 12:38 PM Thursday night just before the shop shut down, on Feb 19. I turned the lights off at 1:45 am after that glue up was stored where you can see my other materials stored vertically in the corner of the same photo. You can see my tag there too.. Maybe it fell off?

[JOSEGAYTAN]

I feel for you. That looks like a lot of quality work and don’t blame you for trying to recover your stuff. If it helps, as it is in the photo it would not have fit in the dumpster. If your clamps were on the rack obviously some one had to take them off and has to.know what happened to your material. I can’t believe no one is offering to look at the cameras. Yes I understand it was advertised and promulgated about the removal of items, but give the guy a break, that is a lot of work and matetial.

[Rolo (Robert Szabo)]

@Anthony_Long I’m sorry this happened. This is not a normal procedure for us; shutting the shop down for 3 days and asking for all project storage to be taken off-site.

Your project was found on the 24-hour glue-up table without a label. The clamps were assumed to be part of Asmbly’s clamp rack. They were mixed in with the rest during a clamp maintenance session and organized on the clamp rack. Please check that clamp rack and grab yours.

With the intensity of the work happening this weekend, my guidance to the Woodshop Leads and the 45 volunteers was to clear things that were in the way. I have confirmed that your materials were removed and tossed in some part of Saturday after being moved more than once. Nearly everything in the woodshop was moved or shifted in order to have clearance for tools and equipment used to safely remove ductwork and install new ducts.

We asked all members to remove all project materials from the woodshop to avoid situations like this one. Our woodshop leads and I spoke to you about ensuring materials were taken home temporarily for the week leading up to the shutdown. Texts show you acknowledged that projects would be removed if left behind. We did everything we could to be clear about this.

If you feel this was not the case, please call me so we can chat. You have my phone number. I can be reached also at facilities@asmbly.org.

[Rolo (Robert Szabo)]

@Anthony_Long a curious member checked the dumpsters before trash pickup and pulled a large piece with tenons. That will be returned to the workshop tomorrow later in the day.

If schedules work out, We also have a member willing to lend a hand to boost your progress.

[Anthony_Long]

Robert, James, and everyone who helped me locate my project, please accept a huge THANK YOU!!! The materials were salvaged and in good condition. I will be completing the project at home, to accommodate my schedule better. I’ll post pics of the finished product.