Good grief, we all know that lumber prices are obnoxiously high. Went to buy some planer blades today, had to take blood pressure pills:

Name price paid approx year ago/price now if ordered today (AMZ)

Freud 15" x 1" x 1/8" High Speed Steel Industrial Planer and Jointer Knives (C045) 57.73/76.65
Freud 10" x 24T Heavy-Duty Rip Blade (LM72R010) 53.16/54.99
SawStop RT-C27 27" x 16" Cast Iron Table For R 290.84/485.00

POWERTEC HSS Knives, 6-1/8" x 11/16" x 1/8", for Ridgid 6-1/8" Jointer 16.99/19.99
West System 105-B Epoxy Resin (.98 gal) with 205-B Fast Epoxy Hardener (.86 qt) and Mini Epoxy Metering Pump Set 152.95/161.12
General Finishes Water Based Dye, 1 Quart, Ebony 20.95/24.28
Johnson Level & Tool B85 8-Inch Hardwood Sliding T-Bevel 13.45/14.26
AMMEX Gloveworks HD Industrial Orange Nitrile Gloves with Diamond Texture Grip, Box of 100, 8 mil, Size XLarge, Latex Free, Powder Free, Textured, Disposable, GWON48100-BX 17.95/36.99
General Finishes Enduro-Var Satin Gallon 87.51/99.99
Lead Free Brass Pipe Fitting, Union, Class 125, 1" NPT Female 15.50/26.23


Now to be fair, some things in my order history have gone down, but not a lot and not by much (e.g 80 grit sand belts 15 cents cheaper). I've already switched to a cheaper epoxy, but its not that much cheaper, and with cheap planer blades, you get what you pay for (bow like a banana after 10 uses and can't be sharpened). I feel like I'm scraping the bottom of the quality barrel with the freud planer blades.

Between lumber prices, tool prices, and consumable prices, I don't think I'm going to be able to stay in the hobby much longer. I just can't justify not making a house payment or groceries so I can make that farm table, which is where prices are now. I can no longer afford it on my disposable income. ***** it I picked wood working because it was cheaper than women and fishing! Guess I'll have to fall back to collecting old hand planes, heard that was cheap.....