Making cabinets from old pallets.
Used shipping crates crates are dropped off at workshops on the side of the road in Ormoc City.
The craftsmen there tear the crates apart and use the bits to make some decent low cost cabinets.
Figure on spending around 2,400 pesos (50 USD) to 3,500 pesos for a completed piece.
Used shipping crates to be recycled into cabinets.
This guy does good work and supplements his income by raising chickens on the side.
Tricycle drivers can deliver the furniture to your door for around 50 pesos.
The delivery boys.
These partially completed cabinets get fitted with glass and are stained on the spot.
Plenty of room in the shop to raise a few chickens.
Workman’s plane.
Custom fit.
Several shops line their finished cabinets on the sidewalk. This is really an ingenious way to recycle the scrap wood.
Here is one of their completed pieces.
Total cost 2,400 pesos.
Keep Dry – Fragile!
Furniture from recycled crates
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Good to see you’re on the road again!
Hello Pius,
Thanks for the advice along the way.
I actually bought a decent camera a few weeks ago and you can tell from these pics that I was ready for one. (Canon SLR) I have yet to break it out and take it on a trial run:)
Looks like you are back in India – nice work!
dp
Hi dp,
The furniture looks great,amazing what he can do with that type of wood and
hand tools.When you were living in catbalaton did you know a furniture builder of that type. thanks wayne ps like the new look of your site
Thanks Wayne,
I was not able to locate a furniture builder in Catbalogan. There were a few free lance bamboo furniture builders on the road to Buray.
In Catbalogan it seemed the common practice to hire a carpenter and build the furniture on the spot.
dp