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James Jaragosky
11-30-2007, 1:32 AM
I was just visiting one of the borg mother ships and was surprised that they wanted $35.00 for a 1x6x8’ cherry board. I went with the clear aspen for $10.00 for a similar size board. Is there cheaper suppliers for cherry? I have 12ea 6x6 boxes to make out of cherry, but I will do the proto-type in aspen. At those prices I should get a pie as well.

Wil Lambert
11-30-2007, 5:53 AM
Prices are about double of what I pay here. This is the price list from our local lumber retailer. I am in Kenosha,WI. Kettle Moraine Hardwoods is about 20 minutes north of me.

http://kmhardwoods.com/fsetprices.htm

Wil

Mike Hood
11-30-2007, 10:39 AM
I'm building a large deck on my house and needed FOUR 2" x 4" x 20' clear cedar boards. After tax they were $118!!!

For deck boards... 2x4's at that!

There's some lumberman rolling in his grave here :(

Gary Hair
11-30-2007, 11:20 AM
James,
If you are buying s4s lumber then you could save yourself a bundle and buy rough cut instead. I would buy 4/4 for about 1/2 of what s4s runs. The other nice thing about planing it yourself is that you know exactly what size it is and can replicate the size over and over - the s4s you buy in stores is not always the same thickness.

Gary