Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
Joe
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On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 17:14:47 -0400, "Kentucky Highlander"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Plane or unfinished lumber?
>I pay less than $3 per board foot of red oak.
>
>Now really a ham should know better than that
>
>KY
>N4YYS
>
>
>"KB8QLR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
>> nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
>> normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
>> Joe
>>
>>
>> --
>> A hobbyist / carpenter with an emphasis on small projects.
>>
>> --
>> Be sure to check-out our webpages...
>> http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/kb8qlrjoe/index.html
>> New pictures & links being added frequently.
>>
>>
>
> I have to assume no one is really that dumb and the post is just some more
> childish spam but I'll respond anyway.
>
> Fifteen plus dollars for one board foot of oak. isn't normal.
>
> A nominal 1" X 6" X 8' red oak board, that's four board feet, only cost
> $16.30 at Lowe's last time I bothered to check the price. For those that
> can't figure it out that's $4.08 a board foot, give or take penny
It has been a while since you've been out of the house, huh? You're gonna
drop dead the next time you have to buy gas.....
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www.rcparkflyers.com
Remove the xxx to reply!
Well, that works out to WAY higher than the typical cost per board ft
for oak, you paid close to $15 a board ft for that 1board ft piece of
wood
Typically you should be able to find oak for $6-$8 a board foot
John
On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 20:07:39 GMT, "KB8QLR" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
>nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
>normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
>Joe
>
>
>--
>A hobbyist / carpenter with an emphasis on small projects.
Leon wrote:
> Where do you live to come up with those prices John? I though the Borg at
> about $5 a BF was way high. I typically pay under $3.
I purchased about 100 bd/ft of red oak about two weeks ago. I paid $2.80 per
bd/ft skip planed. Later in the day my wife and I were at Home Depot. She
wanted to know why I didn't purchase the lumber there. I explained to her
that the prices listed were per linear foot and that they were actually
charging about $16.00 bd/ft.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
(Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)
People who need one board or two will pay the price. That's the only way
the small retailer survives - convenience.
Anyone building furniture requiring larger lots (should) would know enough
to shop around, or buy from the mill.
"Mike G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I buy stock from any one of a half dozen suppliers depending on which has
> the price and selection that is right.
>
> In other words I can't see even a small supplier lasting more then a week
> with a 300% mark up on their stock. Even if there were fools with more
money
> then brains to buy it who'd be able to afford to buy their output.
>
I'm perfectly aware of what gas costs as well as what most common species of
common exotics and domestics cost in a half dozen suppliers thank you . I
have to be if I want to make any money on the commissions I get.
--
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[email protected]
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net
"HomeBrewer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > I have to assume no one is really that dumb and the post is just some
more
> > childish spam but I'll respond anyway.
> >
> > Fifteen plus dollars for one board foot of oak. isn't normal.
> >
> > A nominal 1" X 6" X 8' red oak board, that's four board feet, only cost
> > $16.30 at Lowe's last time I bothered to check the price. For those that
> > can't figure it out that's $4.08 a board foot, give or take penny
>
> It has been a while since you've been out of the house, huh? You're gonna
> drop dead the next time you have to buy gas.....
>
> --
> HomeBrewer
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~t3e871/index.html
> www.rcparkflyers.com
> Remove the xxx to reply!
>
>
>
Ok Ed, George, I surrender. I think anyone charging those prices should be
arrested for robbery but your arguments have weight and if you've run across
suppliers like that what else can I do.
Take care
Mike
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[email protected]
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net
"Mike G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi Ed
>
> I buy stock from any one of a half dozen suppliers depending on which has
> the price and selection that is right.
>
> As I said in my post Lowes sells S4S red oak at about four dollars a board
> foot last time I checked. Maybe two months ago. The smallest supplier I
deal
> with is selling red oak for $2.83 a board foot. That figure was current
last
> week when I gave a quote on a possible commission. This is, of course,
rough
> cut which is well in line with my findings that the home stores usually
run
> about twice the price for their S4S stock.
>
> In other words I can't see even a small supplier lasting more then a week
> with a 300% mark up on their stock. Even if there were fools with more
money
> then brains to buy it who'd be able to afford to buy their output.
>
> :Let's us see. If I built an eight foot high cabinet and the shelves were
> 3/4" x 12" x 33", one shelf would be 2.75 board feet. Now, if I were to
> space them so I had, say, 6 shelves, that would be 16.5 board feet, and at
> $16.00 per board foot the cost would be $264.00 JUST FOR THE SHELVES.
Anyone
> care to figure out what a small step stool would cost?
>
> At sixteen dollars a board foot I want to know where this guy lives. I
could
> move there and make a fortune just mail ordering stock and having it
shipped
> in when I got an order. No warehouse, no overhead, just a connection to
the
> internet.
>
> Sorry Ed, if you are paying sixteen dollars a board foot for common
domestic
> and exotics you're being taken. Granted if you live in an area where
cherry
> doesn't grow you will pay more but still.........
>
> Hell, I can mail order cherry for less then three dollars more then what I
> would pay here based on the last time I checked prices. For that matter I
> can mail order red oak, out of Yuma Az. not what you'd call it's normal
> range, S4S for only two dollars a board foot it would cost me right now
> locally and in the rough. Of course then I'd have to pay shipping and oak
is
> a local product.
>
> Take a look here http://yumahardwoods.homestead.com/redoak.html The price
> of red oak here in Ma.and in the rough ran between $2.83 a board foot to
> $3.63 a board foot as of last week.
>
> And that's without really trying.
>
> Have to stick to my opinion that anyone asking if a 300% markup on a
common,
> non endangered, readily available wood, especially when you only have to
> drive twenty miles to a home store, is most likely a troll.
>
> Guess I wandered a bit. Got varnish drying in the shop so I had the time.
>
> Take care
>
>
>
> --
> Mike G.
> [email protected]
> Heirloom Woods
> www.heirloom-woods.net
> "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Mike G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > I have to assume no one is really that dumb and the post is just some
> more
> > > childish spam but I'll respond anyway.
> > >
> > > Fifteen plus dollars for one board foot of oak. isn't normal.
> > >
> > > A nominal 1" X 6" X 8' red oak board, that's four board feet, only
cost
> > > $16.30 at Lowe's last time I bothered to check the price. For those
that
> > > can't figure it out that's $4.08 a board foot, give or take penny.
> > >
> > > You can see why I suspect some infantile spammer.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mike G.
> >
> > Mike,
> > You evidently have never bought wood from any of the small "lumber"
store
> > around. I wanted to buy some cherry at a local place. They were right
in
> > that range. I have no reason to doubt this because I've seen similar
> > prices. They make HD seem like a real bargain.
> > Ed
> >
> >
>
>
Hi Ed
I buy stock from any one of a half dozen suppliers depending on which has
the price and selection that is right.
As I said in my post Lowes sells S4S red oak at about four dollars a board
foot last time I checked. Maybe two months ago. The smallest supplier I deal
with is selling red oak for $2.83 a board foot. That figure was current last
week when I gave a quote on a possible commission. This is, of course, rough
cut which is well in line with my findings that the home stores usually run
about twice the price for their S4S stock.
In other words I can't see even a small supplier lasting more then a week
with a 300% mark up on their stock. Even if there were fools with more money
then brains to buy it who'd be able to afford to buy their output.
:Let's us see. If I built an eight foot high cabinet and the shelves were
3/4" x 12" x 33", one shelf would be 2.75 board feet. Now, if I were to
space them so I had, say, 6 shelves, that would be 16.5 board feet, and at
$16.00 per board foot the cost would be $264.00 JUST FOR THE SHELVES. Anyone
care to figure out what a small step stool would cost?
At sixteen dollars a board foot I want to know where this guy lives. I could
move there and make a fortune just mail ordering stock and having it shipped
in when I got an order. No warehouse, no overhead, just a connection to the
internet.
Sorry Ed, if you are paying sixteen dollars a board foot for common domestic
and exotics you're being taken. Granted if you live in an area where cherry
doesn't grow you will pay more but still.........
Hell, I can mail order cherry for less then three dollars more then what I
would pay here based on the last time I checked prices. For that matter I
can mail order red oak, out of Yuma Az. not what you'd call it's normal
range, S4S for only two dollars a board foot it would cost me right now
locally and in the rough. Of course then I'd have to pay shipping and oak is
a local product.
Take a look here http://yumahardwoods.homestead.com/redoak.html The price
of red oak here in Ma.and in the rough ran between $2.83 a board foot to
$3.63 a board foot as of last week.
And that's without really trying.
Have to stick to my opinion that anyone asking if a 300% markup on a common,
non endangered, readily available wood, especially when you only have to
drive twenty miles to a home store, is most likely a troll.
Guess I wandered a bit. Got varnish drying in the shop so I had the time.
Take care
--
Mike G.
[email protected]
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Mike G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I have to assume no one is really that dumb and the post is just some
more
> > childish spam but I'll respond anyway.
> >
> > Fifteen plus dollars for one board foot of oak. isn't normal.
> >
> > A nominal 1" X 6" X 8' red oak board, that's four board feet, only cost
> > $16.30 at Lowe's last time I bothered to check the price. For those that
> > can't figure it out that's $4.08 a board foot, give or take penny.
> >
> > You can see why I suspect some infantile spammer.
> >
> > --
> > Mike G.
>
> Mike,
> You evidently have never bought wood from any of the small "lumber" store
> around. I wanted to buy some cherry at a local place. They were right in
> that range. I have no reason to doubt this because I've seen similar
> prices. They make HD seem like a real bargain.
> Ed
>
>
Upon reading the receipt a little closer I discovered they were selling the
oak "per lineal foot" $2.59 / foot X 6.
Go figure.
Joe
"KB8QLR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
> nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
> normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
> Joe
>
>
> --
> A hobbyist / carpenter with an emphasis on small projects.
>
> --
> Be sure to check-out our webpages...
> http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/kb8qlrjoe/index.html
> New pictures & links being added frequently.
>
>
yeah
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Jeremy KC8GWH
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"Virgle Griffith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Kentucky Highlander" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I pay less than $3 per board foot of red oak.
> >
> > Now really a ham should know better than that
> >
> > KY
> > N4YYS
>
> And we all know hams are tight on the buck.
> NI4H
> Virgle
>
>
I'm replacing all the baseboards and window trim in my place with white oak,
I get it from my neighbour at $3 per board ft. delivered to my driveway.
The mill 40 miles away sells it for $3.50 / bd. ft. + tax and I pick it up.
The neighbours has been air dried in a shed for about 10 years since just
before he retired. I have one window left to do in the living room and ran
out of wood since I was in there anyway I decided to check the price at the
local home hardware. They only had a small amount and guess what, just
about the same a 1 x 2 x 72 piece $16 + tax. I think I will get another
couple hundred board feet from the neighbour this week and no tax.
Rick
"Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:ycwwc.50705$eY2.42537@attbi_s02...
> You must live the LA area...Sounds like Home Depot price out here
> god where can I buy from a large inventory I need couple hundred bf or
> Qsawn WOak, nothing open on the weeknds anyways thats my rant.
> "KB8QLR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
> > nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
> > normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
> > Joe
> >
> >
> > --
> > A hobbyist / carpenter with an emphasis on small projects.
> >
> > --
> > Be sure to check-out our webpages...
> > http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/kb8qlrjoe/index.html
> > New pictures & links being added frequently.
> >
> >
>
>
"Joe_Stein (formerly KB8QLR)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Upon reading the receipt a little closer I discovered they were selling
the
> oak "per lineal foot" $2.59 / foot X 6.
> Go figure.
> Joe
That is normally the way that S4S lumber is sold. Still, they must have
seen you coming. You paid triple normal S4S prices for regular oak.
"Mike G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have to assume no one is really that dumb and the post is just some more
> childish spam but I'll respond anyway.
>
> Fifteen plus dollars for one board foot of oak. isn't normal.
>
> A nominal 1" X 6" X 8' red oak board, that's four board feet, only cost
> $16.30 at Lowe's last time I bothered to check the price. For those that
> can't figure it out that's $4.08 a board foot, give or take penny.
>
> You can see why I suspect some infantile spammer.
>
> --
> Mike G.
Mike,
You evidently have never bought wood from any of the small "lumber" store
around. I wanted to buy some cherry at a local place. They were right in
that range. I have no reason to doubt this because I've seen similar
prices. They make HD seem like a real bargain.
Ed
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Where do you live to come up with those prices John? I though the
> Borg at about $5 a BF was way high. I typically pay under $3.
You think those prices are high? I used to live in the UK. Buying quality
wood is WAY EXPENSIVE over there, for the most part. But Spanish Cedar is a
bit cheaper over there than it is here in the US. Comes in handy when you
build cigar humidors. ;-)
--
Bill
"Mike G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> As I said in my post Lowes sells S4S red oak at about four dollars a board
> foot last time I checked. Maybe two months ago. The smallest supplier I
deal
> with is selling red oak for $2.83 a board foot.
snipped
> At sixteen dollars a board foot I want to know where this guy lives. I
could
> move there and make a fortune just mail ordering stock and having it
shipped
> in when I got an order. No warehouse, no overhead, just a connection to
the
> internet.
>
> Sorry Ed, if you are paying sixteen dollars a board foot for common
domestic
> and exotics you're being taken. Granted if you live in an area where
cherry
> doesn't grow you will pay more but still.........
more snipped
> Have to stick to my opinion that anyone asking if a 300% markup on a
common,
> non endangered, readily available wood, especially when you only have to
> drive twenty miles to a home store, is most likely a troll.
>
> Guess I wandered a bit. Got varnish drying in the shop so I had the time.
Mike, I think we are talking a real specialty for the supplier. We don't
know what kind of a place this "lumber yard" really is. My example was
Chase Lumber, about a mile from my house. The carry an assortment of
construction lumber and pine boards at prices competitive to anyone.
Hardwood, though, must be ordered. When they do so, they really bend you
over and supply a dab of Vaseline with the price. It was a couple of years
ago that I inquired about the cherry as I only needed one board. I just
gulped and said "no thanks". Of course I had to drive an 80 miles round
trip to get what I wanted at a reasonable price.
In the case of the OP, the seller may be in the same situation. They may
keep a few pieces of hardwood for sale to the people that will want just
that one little piece for trimming something in thir newly redecorated
family room. They may sell two boards a year. They are far different than
the places you or I would go to for material for a project and th e guy
building sleves for an entertainment center probably knows better. (gosh,
I'd hope so)
I see this often in foods. As an example, another couple of miles from the
lumber yard I mentioned is a gourment shop and bakery. They make some very
good bread and one day I was wandering around the store and saw a bottle of
balsamic vinegar. The price was something like $9. I never heard of the
particular brand, but the label stuck in my head. Later that day I was at
the Stop & Shop. The same exact bottle was selling for $2.50.
Not to mention the cost of four 1/4-40 bolts and nuts in a plastic case
bought at Le Fuqueyou Home Decor Center versus a box of 100 at the
industrial supply house.
Ed
[email protected]
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
I pay less than $3 per board foot of red oak.
Now really a ham should know better than that
KY
N4YYS
"KB8QLR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
> nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
> normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
> Joe
>
>
> --
> A hobbyist / carpenter with an emphasis on small projects.
>
> --
> Be sure to check-out our webpages...
> http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/kb8qlrjoe/index.html
> New pictures & links being added frequently.
>
>
KB8QLR wrote:
> Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
> nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
> normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
You don't say where you're located. To give this some perspective in the US
take a look at
<http://www.woodworkerssource.net/Merchant3/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=WS&Category_Code=Oak_Red>,
which will sell you 20 board feet of red oak, surfaced 2 sides, for
$4.50/board foot, delivered west of the Mississippi ($10 flat charge for
east). Also take a look at <http://www.cwghardwoodoutlet.com/products.htm>
and <http://www.harrisent.com/PLLumber.html>, both of which are local to
me, and both of which charge $3.10/board foot for red oak, in each case
surfaced two sides.
The price you were charged, unless there was something really unusual about
that board, is exceedingly high. If there's not a reasonably priced
hardwood lumberyard in your area that will sell retail then consider mail
order.
> Joe
>
>
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 20:07:39 GMT, "KB8QLR" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
>nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
>normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
>Joe
>
>
>--
>A hobbyist / carpenter with an emphasis on small projects.
Don't know why, but at Lowes and HD hardwoods sold as dressed lumber.
Oak is sold for 3-4 dollars a board foot, rough sawn. Except for a
small amount, I'd avoid do-it-yourself stores.
You bought 1 board ft of oak for $15.54. Hardwoods are the most overpriced
items that I know of at the BORG. A good lumber dealer will sell oak for
roughly $5/bd-ft, and a sawmill for perhaps $3-4. You're paying a lot for
convenience.
Jay Knepper
"KB8QLR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
> nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
> normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
> Joe
>
>
> --
> A hobbyist / carpenter with an emphasis on small projects.
>
> --
> Be sure to check-out our webpages...
> http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/kb8qlrjoe/index.html
> New pictures & links being added frequently.
>
>
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Very high, even for finished wood. As other pointed out, you can buy
rough
> saw oak for about $3 to $3.50. However, to make it u sable you need to
> joint it and plane it. Some seller offer this service for free or at a
> nominal charge.
Forgot to mention. When you buy wood at the low prices, you will usually be
required to buy the entire board, as is. That means you will get waste, from
5% to 25%. If you need two pieces 3" wide and the supplier only has 5" wide
stock, it had either be long enough for the two, or you buy two boards. If
it is 7 1/2" wide, you pay for it all even if you are only using 6" of it.
Of course, we often use then up on other small projects later.
Ed
I have to assume no one is really that dumb and the post is just some more
childish spam but I'll respond anyway.
Fifteen plus dollars for one board foot of oak. isn't normal.
A nominal 1" X 6" X 8' red oak board, that's four board feet, only cost
$16.30 at Lowe's last time I bothered to check the price. For those that
can't figure it out that's $4.08 a board foot, give or take penny.
You can see why I suspect some infantile spammer.
--
Mike G.
[email protected]
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net
"KB8QLR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
> nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
> normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
> Joe
>
>
> --
> A hobbyist / carpenter with an emphasis on small projects.
>
> --
> Be sure to check-out our webpages...
> http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/kb8qlrjoe/index.html
> New pictures & links being added frequently.
>
>
"KB8QLR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
> nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
> normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
> Joe
>
>
> --
> A hobbyist / carpenter with an emphasis on small projects.
Very high, even for finished wood. As other pointed out, you can buy rough
saw oak for about $3 to $3.50. However, to make it u sable you need to
joint it and plane it. Some seller offer this service for free or at a
nominal charge.
This morning I bought some cypress. I paid $3 a board food and the shop
jointed and planed it to thickness for me. From there I went to a
woodworking supply shop that carries wood as more of a convenience. The
offered no additional services, but were charging $5 for it. In the past
month I bought 100 board feet of it so the difference is huge.
There are some mail order sources that would be cheaper for you. As for
distance, I had to go 40 miles to get this. Close to home there is little
hardwood to be found. Most lumber yards deal in construction lumber, not
furniture grade. If you get serious, look into buying a couple of tools to
take advantage of the low cost rough sawn, or at least find better sources.
Ed
[email protected]
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
He went to a lumber yard, so you talk about the borg. Makes sense...
"Jay Knepper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> You bought 1 board ft of oak for $15.54. Hardwoods are the most overpriced
> items that I know of at the BORG. A good lumber dealer will sell oak for
> roughly $5/bd-ft, and a sawmill for perhaps $3-4. You're paying a lot for
> convenience.
>
> Jay Knepper
>
>
> "KB8QLR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
> > nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
> > normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
> > Joe
> >
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On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 20:07:39 +0000, KB8QLR wrote:
> Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
> nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
> normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
> Joe
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the price of dimensioned red oak, s4s akin to the pine variety
sold at lumberyards, is not at all like what you'd normally pay
if you bought FAS oak im random widths/lengths. however ..
a 1 X 2 X 72 is one board foot, or at least they are going
charge you for one board foot, so in essence you are paying
15 dollars a board foot for oak.
I pay 3 dollars a board foot normally, and if someone
ask me to mill it to said dimension i would charge ten bucks
for my time, for one up to about five or so of the same, after that
my price would go up. personally, if I really needed it and had to
pay for it, i would insist that it was dead flat, freshly milled and also
insist on a short piece of scrap to bite on while they pry 20 bucks from
my wallet.
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"John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Well, that works out to WAY higher than the typical cost per board ft
> for oak, you paid close to $15 a board ft for that 1board ft piece of
> wood
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> Typically you should be able to find oak for $6-$8 a board foot
>
> John
Where do you live to come up with those prices John? I though the Borg at
about $5 a BF was way high. I typically pay under $3.
"Kentucky Highlander" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I pay less than $3 per board foot of red oak.
>
> Now really a ham should know better than that
>
> KY
> N4YYS
And we all know hams are tight on the buck.
NI4H
Virgle
You must live the LA area...Sounds like Home Depot price out here
god where can I buy from a large inventory I need couple hundred bf or
Qsawn WOak, nothing open on the weeknds anyways thats my rant.
"KB8QLR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Needed a piece of oak for a project. Went to the local lumberyard (the
> nearest borg is 20+ miles away). Got 1x2x72 for $15.54 + tax. Is this
> normal? Makes me glad I didn't ask for the 16' piece.
> Joe
>
>
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> A hobbyist / carpenter with an emphasis on small projects.
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> Be sure to check-out our webpages...
> http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/kb8qlrjoe/index.html
> New pictures & links being added frequently.
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