Hit 10,000 board feet of hardwood this year and it snuck up on me

I keep a little tally in my shop notebook of how much lumber I go through each year. This morning I added up my numbers for the year so far and I was at 10,342 board feet. That number surprised me because I don't feel like I've been working that much harder than past years. Most of it is white oak and cherry for custom cabinets and furniture jobs around Nashville. I guess between a few big kitchen remodels and a library shelving project I burned through way more than I realized. Has anyone else tracked their annual lumber usage and gotten a shock from the total?

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colescott4d ago

The tally is a good idea but I bet most of us would hate to see the real number. You're probably sitting on a small fortune in scrap cutoff piles too.

beth_park4d ago

What was the biggest single project that ate up the most of that total?

brooke_jones4d ago

Yeah start weighing your cutoffs too, that'll really mess with your head.