Shree Vijay Laxmi Wooden Industries

You can usually smell the cut wood before you even reach Plot No. 306. That is where Shree Vijay Laxmi Wooden Industries is set up and has been for quite some time. The whole place is usually covered in a thin layer of fine sawdust, no matter how much we sweep it up at the end of the day. We deal with all kinds of timber, and there are always stacks of planks and logs waiting to be moved around. It’s heavy work, and our hands are usually pretty rough and calloused because of it. We don't use a lot of fancy computerized machines; it’s mostly just old-school saws and planers that make a lot of noise. Sometimes the wood doesn't behave like you want it to, which can be a bit frustrating, but we’ve been doing this long enough to figure it out eventually. The sun shines right into the workspace in the afternoons, which makes it bright but also very hot under the roof. We have a small area in the corner where we keep the finished pieces, away from the dust as much as possible. People from the neighborhood often come by to see what kind of wood we have in stock that week. We don't have a catalog or anything like that. You just have to come in and see what’s on the floor.