On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:55:50 GMT, "toller" wrote:


Aww, now that's just not true... See, I have to pay $1.81 a bf for
butternut- $2.30 for hard maple, cherry is insane- $4.25 a bf! And
Black walnut, well, that's $4.75.

My local wood is about the same for cherry, maple, and walnut; but butternut
is $5 and only available one place.
Reportedly there is not much demand for it and the saw mill has to reset
their equipment because it is so much softer than the other wood; so it is
expensive.

If it wasn't my favorite wood I wouldn't care. $1.81! Wow

Wow is what I said, too. Turned into my second favorite wood (after
maple) wood pretty quickly after I found that out. Almost as cheap as
pine, and looks really nice. I like the others as well, of course,
but I'm just a poor boy, and would rather work than wait!