I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

I'm redoing a couple bathrooms (in cherry) and am building new
doors/drawers. It would be cheaper (but not as much fun) to buy
pre-built, unfinished cherry doors and drawer fronts from commercial
suppliers than to build?

Jerry wrote:

I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

I'm redoing a couple bathrooms (in cherry) and am building new
doors/drawers. It would be cheaper (but not as much fun) to buy
pre-built, unfinished cherry doors and drawer fronts from commercial
suppliers than to build?

Quite, at least to me...

Cherry seems to be in vogue these days and SD is a "high rent" district
anyway.

If it's surfaced FAS stock in relatively small quantities that's
probably not to bad from a retailer.

I normally buy only 1C or 2C and will go ahead and buy at least 2-300
bdft at a time from my distributor in order to get reasonable (not the
cheapest) pricing. Last I checked 1C 4/4 cherry was roughly in the $4
range. FAS would have been probably closer to $6 than $9, though I
didn't price it.

check out mail order sources, one good one is

http://www.walllumber.com/default.asp

no affiliation, just a satisfied customer. Cherry for $5 a bd ft., 3/4
cherry ply for $80. If you add in the shipping you're still better
off.

Mutt

Jerry wrote:
I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf
to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to
be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?


Probably labor costs, the availability of large trees that are the most
cost-effective for conversion to timber or ply, and transportation
costs.

It probably costs more to truck Cherry overland from the Eastern
US to California than it does to send Mahogany by boat from Central
America.

Oh, you said African Mahogany. Hmm, may still be cheaper to ship.

Isn't real Mahogany about half that?

--

FF

Prices really vary depending on location with shipping being such a
huge component of the cost of wood. However, $9+ seems a bit steep.
Here in No. CA it was up tp $7+ last year but has com back down into
the high $5-low $6.

The $9 doesn't sound quite like retail but getting close. Where are you
buying?

BW

"Jerry" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

Like real estate the 3 most important factors in determining the LOCAL cost
of wood is Location, Location, Location.

I was able to buy about 40 bft. rough sawn for $2 a bf. last week from
a local old-timer who definitely gave me a deal. Needless to say, I
was pretty happy about it, and I plan to go back and get some more very
soon.


Jerry wrote:
I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf
to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to
be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

I'm redoing a couple bathrooms (in cherry) and am building new
doors/drawers. It would be cheaper (but not as much fun) to buy
pre-built, unfinished cherry doors and drawer fronts from commercial
suppliers than to build?

Jerry wrote:
I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

I'm redoing a couple bathrooms (in cherry) and am building new
doors/drawers. It would be cheaper (but not as much fun) to buy
pre-built, unfinished cherry doors and drawer fronts from commercial
suppliers than to build?

The African Mahogany price is about what I'd pay here in Phoenix, but
the Cherry price is about $1-$1.50 higher.

I suspect the difference is that shipping is essentially the same to San
Diego and Phoenix on the African Mahogany and the shipping cost is
higher for the cherry. But that's a guess.

--RC

On 16 Feb 2005 14:07:00 -0800, "Jerry" wrote:

I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

I'm redoing a couple bathrooms (in cherry) and am building new
doors/drawers. It would be cheaper (but not as much fun) to buy
pre-built, unfinished cherry doors and drawer fronts from commercial
suppliers than to build?

It's all about supply and demand. Kiln-dried cherry around here is
about $3-6 per board foot. I got a lot of free cherry from fallen
trees, but it takes a year or two to air-dry it. I suggest selecting
a wood with less demand. What about oak or maple? In S.California,
hardwoods must be shipped there.

Wed, Feb 16, 2005, 2:07pm (EST-3) (Jerry) asks:
snip Do these prices seem high? snip

To me, yes. But, I thought everything in Califphoney costs more
than in the real world.



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold

Oak does not give the look I need and maple would require a tinted
lacquer spray finish that I cannot do. I could have picked mahogany
and gotten a look like I wanted at a lower cost.


Phisherman wrote:
On 16 Feb 2005 14:07:00 -0800, "Jerry" wrote:

I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf
to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to
be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

I'm redoing a couple bathrooms (in cherry) and am building new
doors/drawers. It would be cheaper (but not as much fun) to buy
pre-built, unfinished cherry doors and drawer fronts from commercial
suppliers than to build?

It's all about supply and demand. Kiln-dried cherry around here is
about $3-6 per board foot. I got a lot of free cherry from fallen
trees, but it takes a year or two to air-dry it. I suggest selecting
a wood with less demand. What about oak or maple? In S.California,
hardwoods must be shipped there.

Cherry (1)#375$8.49 bdft 4/4 (S2S,FAS)
Cherry (2)#385$7.45 bdft 5/4 (S2S,FAS)
Cherry (3)#376$11.00 bdft 8/4 (S2S,FAS)
Cherry (4)#12241$10.00 bdft 12/4 (Rough) (S2S,FAS)
http://www.capitalcitylumber.com/hardwoods.cfm, Raleigh, NC
Pricey stuff

Steve

"Jerry" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

I'm redoing a couple bathrooms (in cherry) and am building new
doors/drawers. It would be cheaper (but not as much fun) to buy
pre-built, unfinished cherry doors and drawer fronts from commercial
suppliers than to build?

"Jerry" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

WOW!! Where in SandyEggo are you shopping for wood??? Last time I bought
cherry was about a year ago and I paid $4.20/bf. Try Hardwood & Hardware in
the Miramar area or Lane Stanton Vance in San Marcos.

The other Jerry from San Diego.

I hate to give something of a "nothing reply" but there is an
exotic lumber place in Carlsbad (or near there) that does
not* (ding!) list cherry wood on the site. You could call and
ask, and it is a resource of most other lumbers.

http://www.anexotichardwood.com/

--
Alex
cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com
not my site: http://www.e-sword.net/

Jerry wrote:
I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

I'm redoing a couple bathrooms (in cherry) and am building new
doors/drawers. It would be cheaper (but not as much fun) to buy
pre-built, unfinished cherry doors and drawer fronts from commercial
suppliers than to build?

A&M Wood in Cambridge Ontario (CANADA) lists 10"W cherry for 11.75
CDN/BF. Their quality is generally top notch.

I also know of lower quality (narrower, only 4-6' between knots or other
imperfections) in the $4 range. None of it is planed/jointed. Quite a
range because of quality, and demand

Cherry is in very high demand right now. There are lots of other
beautiful woods out there that aren't so expensive.

Jerry wrote:

Oak does not give the look I need and maple would require a tinted
lacquer spray finish that I cannot do. I could have picked mahogany
and gotten a look like I wanted at a lower cost.


Phisherman wrote:
On 16 Feb 2005 14:07:00 -0800, "Jerry" wrote:

I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf
to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to
be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

I'm redoing a couple bathrooms (in cherry) and am building new
doors/drawers. It would be cheaper (but not as much fun) to buy
pre-built, unfinished cherry doors and drawer fronts from commercial
suppliers than to build?

It's all about supply and demand. Kiln-dried cherry around here is
about $3-6 per board foot. I got a lot of free cherry from fallen
trees, but it takes a year or two to air-dry it. I suggest selecting
a wood with less demand. What about oak or maple? In S.California,
hardwoods must be shipped there.

how about birch with cherry stain, good solid wood at less than 1/2 the
price and a lot more common, just a thought

"Jerry" wrote in news:1108591620.699330.302220
@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?
....

Higher than what I pay here in Colorado. I can get select and better rough
4/4 cherry for $6.10 a bf. It's been going up and down a bit in price
(mostly up by about 15% over the last year or year and a half. My big
problem with cherry is that it's darned hard for me to find good quality
cherry, period.

I buy either from a hardwood lumber yard or from an out-of-state supplier
who trucks in once a month. The fellow who trucks in is having a devil of
a time finding cherry for his mill.

Here, African mahogany is just a little cheaper than cherry but the quality
of the African is very high (wide, flat, clear boards). On the other hand,
Honduran mahogany is pushing $8 a bf for me.

http://www.centurymill.com/domestic.html

Use the locater drop down to check your type of wood. Multiply by .9 to
get close to $USD

Looks like Select 4/4 is about $6.40 USD

Jerry wrote:
I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

I'm redoing a couple bathrooms (in cherry) and am building new
doors/drawers. It would be cheaper (but not as much fun) to buy
pre-built, unfinished cherry doors and drawer fronts from commercial
suppliers than to build?


--
Will
Occasional Techno-geek

AAvK wrote:
http://www.anexotichardwood.com/


I don't remember seeing cherry there but it's worth the trip
none the less.

UA100

SonomaProducts.com wrote:
Prices really vary depending on location with shipping being such a
huge component of the cost of wood. However, $9+ seems a bit steep.
Here in No. CA it was up tp $7+ last year but has com back down into
the high $5-low $6.

The $9 doesn't sound quite like retail but getting close. Where are you
buying?


We hit $9 here in CT last year, but prices have now slid to the $6-$7
range for FAS Cherry.

Location...

Barry

Something is wrong if mahogany is less expensive than cherry.
"Cherry" is often called "poor man's mahogany."

On 16 Feb 2005 17:40:52 -0800, "Jerry" wrote:

Oak does not give the look I need and maple would require a tinted
lacquer spray finish that I cannot do. I could have picked mahogany
and gotten a look like I wanted at a lower cost.


Phisherman wrote:
On 16 Feb 2005 14:07:00 -0800, "Jerry" wrote:

I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf
to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to
be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

I'm redoing a couple bathrooms (in cherry) and am building new
doors/drawers. It would be cheaper (but not as much fun) to buy
pre-built, unfinished cherry doors and drawer fronts from commercial
suppliers than to build?

It's all about supply and demand. Kiln-dried cherry around here is
about $3-6 per board foot. I got a lot of free cherry from fallen
trees, but it takes a year or two to air-dry it. I suggest selecting
a wood with less demand. What about oak or maple? In S.California,
hardwoods must be shipped there.

On 16 Feb 2005 14:07:00 -0800, "Jerry" wrote:

I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

I'm redoing a couple bathrooms (in cherry) and am building new
doors/drawers. It would be cheaper (but not as much fun) to buy
pre-built, unfinished cherry doors and drawer fronts from commercial
suppliers than to build?



http://www.woodweb.com/Resources/RSL...yingGuide.html




tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

"Phisherman" wrote in message
...

Something is wrong if mahogany is less expensive than cherry.
"Cherry" is often called "poor man's mahogany."


Profound.

I'll bet it has more to do with the cost of food, shelter and clothing in
the areas where the two are harvested.

In article , Rob Mitchell
wrote:

A&M Wood in Cambridge Ontario (CANADA) lists 10"W cherry for 11.75
CDN/BF. Their quality is generally top notch.

Windsor Plywood here in Saskatoon has steamed cherry for under $8 CAD /
bf.

djb

--
"The thing about saying the wrong words is that A, I don't notice it, and B,
sometimes orange water gibbon bucket and plastic." -- Mr. Burrows

Jerry wrote:
I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

I also noticed that African Mahogany from the same supplier looks to be
$7.50 or there about per bf.

Why would domestic cherry be that much more expensive than imported
mahogany?

Do these prices seem high?

I'm redoing a couple bathrooms (in cherry) and am building new
doors/drawers. It would be cheaper (but not as much fun) to buy
pre-built, unfinished cherry doors and drawer fronts from commercial
suppliers than to build?


Jerry:

Over the last 3-5 years, the price for cherry (everywhere) has increased
dramatically. There are at least two major reasons for the increase.

First, there was severe, if not complete, reduction of logging of cherry
from the Allegheny National Forest in PA due to the work of
conservationalists. Not sure if there was a specific endangered species,
or just an across-the-board environmental concern. Reference:

http://www.alleghenydefense.org/pres...se_020909.shtm

Secondly, and nearly simultaneously, the demand for cherry increased
dramatically as it became preferred hardwood for furniture and trim in
high-end houses. Witness some of the Hometime and This Old House
episodes where new trimwork in libraries, etc. is often cherry. This is
essentially a fad, just as was experienced by mahogany and walnut in the
20th century.

In Pittsburgh, the S4S rate for cherry is around $6/bf and rough is
about $4.50/bf. If you find a small mill, you can get deals as low as
$3/bf on rough. At these savings, you can justify a planer/jointer if
you do a lot of work with cherry.

These rates are *more* than mahogany and walnut, again because demand is
high and supply is low. In Pittsburgh, shipping isn't much of an issue.

I suspect if you're going to use a signficant amount of cherry, it may
make sense to have it shipped to you and optionally, buy it rough and
finish it yourself. One advantage of planing/jointing yourself is you
can take your nominal 4/4 cherry to 7/8" rather than what appears to be
the going rate of 3/4".

~Mark.

I retired in 1998 with about 2000 BF each of Cherry, Walnut, and
Poplar stashed away....

Today I am down to about 500 or so BF of each of them...

BUT after reading this thread I am really shook up so to speak...

Hell in another few years I guess I will have to start working with
number 2 common pine or give up eating and paying my property taxes...

Kind of depressing honestly... Have Tools, Have Time, Can not afford
lumber....

Bob Griffiths.

On 17 Feb 2005 10:08:04 EST, Woody wrote:

This is
essentially a fad, just as was experienced by mahogany and walnut in the
20th century.


Exactly. I predict in 5-10 years or so, cherry will be out of vogue
and the price will drop. There has been a race of cherry-oak-maple
prices over the last several decades and I predict this will continue.
As a woodworker, I'll select the less popular hardwoods to get a
better price yet still I create a quality piece of furniture that will
hopefully out live me. Many won't do this, so the cost will
continue to rise. Similar to the cable TV prices are soaring up past
$50 a month all because people just continue to pay it.

"Woody" wrote in message
...


Over the last 3-5 years, the price for cherry (everywhere) has increased
dramatically. There are at least two major reasons for the increase.

First, there was severe, if not complete, reduction of logging of cherry
from the Allegheny National Forest in PA due to the work of
conservationalists. Not sure if there was a specific endangered species,
or just an across-the-board environmental concern. Reference:

http://www.alleghenydefense.org/pres...se_020909.shtm


No joy the link, but hereabout, cherry is a fire tree - first to colonize.
Don't have to stop harvesting cherry, just the stuff that shades its
seedlings, and the supply will drop.

Woody wrote in news:43oee2-cqi.ln1
@news.woodwrecker.com:


In Pittsburgh, the S4S rate for cherry is around $6/bf and rough is
about $4.50/bf. If you find a small mill, you can get deals as low as
$3/bf on rough. At these savings, you can justify a planer/jointer if
you do a lot of work with cherry.


Had not checked in a while so I just called my supplier (Northland
Forest Products, Manassas VA). Current price for 4/4 cherry is
$5.45/bf. So if you are paying $7-9/bf I feel sorry for you.

George wrote:
"Woody" wrote in message
...


Over the last 3-5 years, the price for cherry (everywhere) has
increased
dramatically. There are at least two major reasons for the
increase.

First, there was severe, if not complete, reduction of logging of
cherry
from the Allegheny National Forest in PA due to the work of
conservationalists. Not sure if there was a specific endangered
species,
or just an across-the-board environmental concern. Reference:

http://www.alleghenydefense.org/pres...se_020909.shtm


No joy the link, but hereabout, cherry is a fire tree - first to
colonize.
Don't have to stop harvesting cherry, just the stuff that shades its
seedlings, and the supply will drop.

Concern has slowly been changing from preserving individual species
on a piecmeal basis to preservation of specific environments. Thus
there is some degree of movement to leave more woods untouched, even
though the trees therein are not scarce.

One problem with second growth in general and back cherry in
particular is that the first trees to colonize open land branch
out close to the ground and so produce knotty twisted wood.

--

FF

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 02:58:40 GMT, the inscrutable "Deborah Buerfeind"
spake:


"Jerry" wrote in message
roups.com...
I'm in San Diego and the cost of cherry seems to range from $8.90 bf to
$9.20. A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply is $135.00. I just bought a 1/4
sheet of 1/4" cherry for $27.

WOW!! Where in SandyEggo are you shopping for wood??? Last time I bought
cherry was about a year ago and I paid $4.20/bf. Try Hardwood & Hardware in
the Miramar area or Lane Stanton Vance in San Marcos.

Or Cut and Dried Hardwoods on Cedros in Solana Beach. Excellent
selection of good woods.
http://www.cutanddriedhardwood.com/lumber/lumber.htm


The other Jerry from San Diego.

The other Larry previously from the Sandy Eggo area.

--
"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free
than Christianity has made them good." --H. L. Mencken
---
www.diversify.com Complete Website Development

Or Cut and Dried Hardwoods on Cedros in Solana Beach. Excellent
selection of good woods.
http://www.cutanddriedhardwood.com/lumber/lumber.htm


I lived on S. Cedros when I was 8.

--
Alex
cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com
not my site: http://www.e-sword.net/

Sounds like a good opportunity to start a small business... Make money
while enjoying your hobby...



Bob G. wrote in message . ..
I retired in 1998 with about 2000 BF each of Cherry, Walnut, and
Poplar stashed away....

Today I am down to about 500 or so BF of each of them...

BUT after reading this thread I am really shook up so to speak...

Hell in another few years I guess I will have to start working with
number 2 common pine or give up eating and paying my property taxes...

Kind of depressing honestly... Have Tools, Have Time, Can not afford
lumber....

Bob Griffiths.

wrote in message
oups.com...
No joy the link, but hereabout, cherry is a fire tree - first to
colonize.
Don't have to stop harvesting cherry, just the stuff that shades its
seedlings, and the supply will drop.

Concern has slowly been changing from preserving individual species
on a piecmeal basis to preservation of specific environments. Thus
there is some degree of movement to leave more woods untouched, even
though the trees therein are not scarce.

One problem with second growth in general and back cherry in
particular is that the first trees to colonize open land branch
out close to the ground and so produce knotty twisted wood.


You don't live here, where the poplars (real ones) and cherry run neck and
neck in any clear spot.

BTW, the only way I know of "preserving" anything is in some fluid like
formalin. Anything else is just some short-lived human's pipedream.

Thu, Feb 17, 2005, 10:20am (Bob=A0G.) claims:
snip Have Tools, Have Time, Can not afford lumber....

That's why they invented pallets.



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold

BeniBoose wrote:
Sounds like a good opportunity to start a small business... Make money
while enjoying your hobby...



Bob G. wrote in message . ..

I retired in 1998 with about 2000 BF each of Cherry, Walnut, and
Poplar stashed away....

Today I am down to about 500 or so BF of each of them...

BUT after reading this thread I am really shook up so to speak...

Hell in another few years I guess I will have to start working with
number 2 common pine or give up eating and paying my property taxes...

Kind of depressing honestly... Have Tools, Have Time, Can not afford
lumber....

Bob Griffiths.

Either that or learn to scrounge like the rest of us.
Perhaps now's the time to start working on those small projects?

--RC

Bob G. wrote:
Kind of depressing honestly... Have Tools, Have Time, Can not afford
lumber....


A similar but different problem. We don't keep stock from
older projects lying about at work and much of it goes to
the dumpster, or worse some fellow employee. As it is I've
said I won't buy any lumber until I've used up all that I've
rat holed. I can't stand the thought of ever retiring
because I might miss something good.

Have Tools, have lumber, cannot afford time.

UA100

"BeniBoose" wrote in message
m...
Sounds like a good opportunity to start a small business... Make money
while enjoying your hobby...

The trouble with starting it as a business is that too much of your time
gets sucked off on other activities that are't part of your hobby:
distribution and display, advertising, marketing. However, you can minimize
these distractions that don't make sawdust, and maybe make enough to keep
buying cherry.

Steve

In article ,
Rob Mitchell wrote:

I also know of lower quality (narrower, only 4-6' between knots or other
imperfections) in the $4 range. None of it is planed/jointed. Quite a
range because of quality, and demand

4 CAN$? That is not bad, Rob.

Spill!!
Where?
I'm in Sarnia...

*S*

Rob

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:51:04 GMT, Unisaw A100
wrote:

Bob G. wrote:
Kind of depressing honestly... Have Tools, Have Time, Can not afford
lumber....


A similar but different problem. We don't keep stock from
older projects lying about at work and much of it goes to
the dumpster, or worse some fellow employee. As it is I've
said I won't buy any lumber until I've used up all that I've
rat holed. I can't stand the thought of ever retiring
because I might miss something good.

Have Tools, have lumber, cannot afford time.

UA100

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LOL.... I can only tell you that my TIME is not all that great
either,....amazing how fast the clock can move once you retire...
BUT it sure beats the hell out of working....

Bob Griffiths