Michael Ballent
08-27-2004, 12:37 PM
While shopping for supplies for my wife's ceramics class we needed cheese cloth. Of course I told her that we needed to go to the hardware/painting side of the store... She tells me that her instructor told her to go to the sewing department because its cheaper there... Well we go and locate the cheese cloth on the sewing department and find out that it's 54 cents a yard about half the cost of the pre-packaged stuff in the hardware department. I know that it's not a lot of bucks, but a penny saved is a penny earned :D
This got me thinking about other places places that use the same materials woodworkers use but for some reason cost less. Anyone else out there know of alternate suppliers/industries (like the cheese cloth example) we can use? :) I can imagine that there are places out there that sell casters for carts for less than like Rockler, or rubber bands for clamping.
I know this is not the typical gloat like I went to an estate sale and bought 16" jointer for 50 bucks but wanted to get everyones thoughts/ideas on the subject.
This got me thinking about other places places that use the same materials woodworkers use but for some reason cost less. Anyone else out there know of alternate suppliers/industries (like the cheese cloth example) we can use? :) I can imagine that there are places out there that sell casters for carts for less than like Rockler, or rubber bands for clamping.
I know this is not the typical gloat like I went to an estate sale and bought 16" jointer for 50 bucks but wanted to get everyones thoughts/ideas on the subject.