I work for a major construction company here in the town that I live in.
We have a huge warehouse with a carpentry, a metal, as well as a fiberglass shop.
And a few years ago, my coworker Ed found a massive piece of log on the side of the road and decided he wanted to build a custom coffee table from it. So, he brought the log into our carpentry shop and explained to the lead carpenter, David, what he wanted. I was shocked to see how much thought Ed had placed into this coffee table, he had it all planned out. He even provided David with sketches as well as the specs for the custom coffee table. After reviewing all the details, David told him that it would take about 2 weeks to complete the entire project. Two weeks might seem long for a custom coffee table, but the carpentry shop is always busy with work, so the coffee table was not high priority on the list. Anyway, I kept up with the progress of the coffee table and was quite impressed with how well it turned out. In fact, I wasn’t the only person impressed with the custom built table, as my boss decided that she too wanted a similar one. However, when she discovered that the material (the massive tree trunk) was found on the side of the road, she reconsidered. After all, it’s not every day that you run into a massive tree trunk on the side of the road that you can turn into an amazing custom built coffee table.