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If you’re in the SF Bay Area and like secondhand stores, you owe it to yourself to visit Urban Ore. It’s a secondhand store with a focus on building material. T
by jf 2y ago
If you’re in the SF Bay Area and like secondhand stores, you owe it to yourself to visit Urban Ore. It’s a secondhand store with a focus on building material. Things to check out include:
- a section for doors, if you want it, they have it
- the outdoor bathroom fixtures
- their tool section
I visit about once a year and enjoy seeing the weird things that accumulate there.
- progman32 2y agoThey've also got a non trivial audio tape collection, found so many interesting artifacts there. Love buying mystery tapes, sometimes you discover fascinating new things.
- shaftway 2y agoIt's also worth checking out MacBeath Hardwoods across the street if you do any woodworking. They've got a good selection of exotic hardwoods that are just gorgeous. I've gotten Bolivian Rosewood there for making pens, Macassar Ebony for doing inlay work, Zebrawood for furniture, and a few hundred pounds of plain old boring walnut.
- zactato 2y agoMacBeath is an amazing wood store, but its on the opposite end of the spectrum in terms of cost and practicality from Urban Ore. I can't think of a project that would be served by a visit to both. That being said, 100% agree that its worth checking out.