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The day a live edge slab tried to kill me at a lumber yard
I was at Woodcrafters in Portland picking up a 40 pound walnut slab for a coffee table project. It was leaning against a rack and I went to grab it, but the bark was loose and the whole thing shifted sideways. That slab slid right out of my hands, bounced off a stack of plywood, and nearly took out a guy browsing chisels. Now I check every slab's bark first and always have a second person spot me on big pieces. Has anyone else almost been crushed by a slab that looked stable?
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nora_barnes7d ago
Almost got taken out by a piece of my own future furniture once, totally get it.
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the_spencer6d ago
People don't realize how much trust we put in things that are just propped up. A slab leaning on a rack is basically a hazard waiting for the wrong nudge. Same thing with ladders on jobsites or heavy boxes stacked on warehouse shelves. Once you've seen one go sideways you start noticing all the stuff around you that's one bad angle away from a disaster. It's like the universe quietly testing your awareness every single day.
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