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“Story in Every Board.” — Urban Reclaim

I’m Leo, co‑owner at Urban Reclaim. We turn salvaged beams and barn boards into  modern tables and casework. Every piece carries a past life—nails, checks, carpenter’s pencil marks from 1956. Our challenge was predictability: yield swings wrecked our margins, and the story we loved to tell wasn’t finding its way onto quotes where it could justify price.

The old way

We’d buy a gorgeous stack of joists and guess yield. Metal‑detect notes, moisture readings, and defects lived on scrap paper. By the time we hit the jointer, our cut plan was a wish and our price was a hope.

 

The Woodshop Master way

🔨 Provenance & prep logs. Each board gets a card with source, metal‑detect results, moisture, and photos. The notes follow the parts, so defects aren’t surprises. 
🔨 Rough‑mill yield calculator. We model final parts before a single pass. The system tells us the price floor and which boards to save for rails vs. tops. 
🔨 Material substitutions. If a board blows out, suggested alternates update the BOM and price—no silent margin loss. 
🔨 Narrative tags on quotes. Clients see the beam’s origin and photos on the estimate. The story isn’t just in our showroom; it’s in the proposal. 

Outcomes we can bank on

🪚 Yield up 11% across dining tables. 
🪚 Quote‑to‑close up 14%—the narrative sells as much as the dimensions. 
🪚 Overbuying down 20%; cash isn’t trapped in “maybe usable” stock. 
🪚 Remake rate down 27% because defects are documented before glue‑up. 

The why beyond numbers

We didn’t start Urban Reclaim to make perfect lumber; we started it to honor imperfect lumber.

 Woodshop Master didn’t sanitize our material—it protected our margins so we can keep telling better stories with it.

👉 Book a demo today and see how Woodshop Master helps your shop grow without limits.

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