laminate

"Mark Dietrich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Someone mentioned the price of laminate being $40.00 range per sheet. I
> manage a custom cabinet shop for the medical biz. Our problem is that we
> have too much laminate accumulating. Probably 200-300 sheets over the last
2
> years. It is taking up space and chances ae that a doctor is not going to
> want the same laminate as the last doctor, but we must buy spare sheets in
> case we have to re-do a door / drawer front, shipping damage, etc. Usually
> we do not end up needing it, and just put it on the pile. Same with
partial
> sheets of corian. I say this because, as a hobbyist, there is an
opportunity
> to get free or almost free laminate / corian / other cabinet stuff from
> high-volume custom cabinet shops if you make come contacts. You may not
get
> the lainate you have in mind, but if you just like making stuff, as I do,
> hey... the price is right.

I'm sure that some of the participants here have already discovered this,
but your local cabinet shop is a great source for material.

Cutoffs, leftover laminate, "ugly" oak (unpaintable, but makes great shop
'furniture'), sometimes highly figured lumber (that doesn't match a bigger
job), just goes into the dumpster.

All you have to do is ask. What's the worst thing that could happen--that
they say no?