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[email protected] (SteveC1280)

18/10/2004 5:41 PM

Mini Gloat - maybe

I was surfing thru the stack of over-priced maple boards at HD and found a ten
foot 2X6 of beatiful curly maple. It's in my wood rack now. Cost $25. Did I
pay too much?
>>
Remove the 'remove' in my address to e:mail me.


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charlie b

in reply to [email protected] (SteveC1280) on 18/10/2004 5:41 PM

18/10/2004 3:32 PM

$250/bf if it was 2x6 is $2.50/bf and for curly maple that's pretty
good.
Out here in Silly Cone Valley, even if it was 1x6 it would only be $5/bf
which is still good. That stuff goes for between $10 and $20/bf out
here
if it's got any figure at all.

charlie b

Pn

Prometheus

in reply to [email protected] (SteveC1280) on 18/10/2004 5:41 PM

18/10/2004 7:19 PM

On 18 Oct 2004 17:41:34 GMT, [email protected] (SteveC1280)
wrote:

>I was surfing thru the stack of over-priced maple boards at HD and found a ten
>foot 2X6 of beatiful curly maple. It's in my wood rack now. Cost $25. Did I
>pay too much?
>>>
>Remove the 'remove' in my address to e:mail me

That comes out to $2.50 a bf, if I'm correct (and, somehow I rarely am
when figuring bf., equation or no) which is a darn good price for any
8/4 maple, and really sweet for figured wood. I imagine it's S4S,
too, if it's dimentional like that, so I'd say you got a great deal.

N

in reply to Prometheus on 18/10/2004 7:19 PM

18/10/2004 8:55 PM

I'm just a customer here..... but check this out. NICE wood!
eBay Store - BELL FOREST PRODUCTS: Turning Stock, Birdseye Maple Lumber,
and Curly Tiger Maple Lumber
Address:http://stores.ebay.com/BELL-FOREST-PRODUCTS

Aa

"AAvK"

in reply to Prometheus on 18/10/2004 7:19 PM

18/10/2004 11:55 PM


> I'm just a customer here..... but check this out. NICE wood!
> eBay Store - BELL FOREST PRODUCTS: Turning Stock, Birdseye Maple Lumber,
> and Curly Tiger Maple Lumber
> Address:http://stores.ebay.com/BELL-FOREST-PRODUCTS
>


They seem to be reasonable about shipping. That's good. Nice stock but poor photography.
Alex

Aa

"AAvK"

in reply to [email protected] (SteveC1280) on 18/10/2004 5:41 PM

18/10/2004 11:48 PM


> I was surfing thru the stack of over-priced maple boards at HD and found a ten
> foot 2X6 of beatiful curly maple. It's in my wood rack now. Cost $25. Did I
> pay too much?


2"x6"x10'/12=10 board feet. In my town I can get 8/4 stock @ $6.40 and 4/4 @ $5.70 per
BF so, "OH YES" you did get a good damn deal. That's $2.50 a BF you paid. Our maple is
soft "hard rock" basic stuff here on the west coast.

So, in essence, to me at least, you suck.

Alex

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"toller"

in reply to [email protected] (SteveC1280) on 18/10/2004 5:41 PM

18/10/2004 6:12 PM

All depends; if it was really 2x6 then you got an excellent buy; assuming
you can find a use for 2" stock.

If it was 3/4" then it was mediocre.

pp

patriarch <[email protected]>

in reply to [email protected] (SteveC1280) on 18/10/2004 5:41 PM

19/10/2004 5:40 AM

charlie b <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> $250/bf if it was 2x6 is $2.50/bf and for curly maple that's pretty
> good.
> Out here in Silly Cone Valley, even if it was 1x6 it would only be $5/bf
> which is still good. That stuff goes for between $10 and $20/bf out
> here
> if it's got any figure at all.
>
> charlie b
>

you're picking through the wrong stacks, friend...

Patriarch

sS

[email protected] (Scott Lurndal)

in reply to [email protected] (SteveC1280) on 18/10/2004 5:41 PM

19/10/2004 12:45 AM

Prometheus <[email protected]> writes:
>On 18 Oct 2004 17:41:34 GMT, [email protected] (SteveC1280)
>wrote:
>
>>I was surfing thru the stack of over-priced maple boards at HD and found a ten
>>foot 2X6 of beatiful curly maple. It's in my wood rack now. Cost $25. Did I
>>pay too much?
>>>>
>>Remove the 'remove' in my address to e:mail me
>
>That comes out to $2.50 a bf, if I'm correct (and, somehow I rarely am
>when figuring bf., equation or no) which is a darn good price for any
>8/4 maple, and really sweet for figured wood. I imagine it's S4S,
>too, if it's dimentional like that, so I'd say you got a great deal.

What HD carries 8/4 maple?

scott

Pn

Prometheus

in reply to [email protected] (SteveC1280) on 18/10/2004 5:41 PM

18/10/2004 7:21 PM

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:32:05 -0700, charlie b <[email protected]>
wrote:

>$250/bf if it was 2x6 is $2.50/bf and for curly maple that's pretty
>good.
>Out here in Silly Cone Valley, even if it was 1x6 it would only be $5/bf
>which is still good. That stuff goes for between $10 and $20/bf out
>here
>if it's got any figure at all.

That's awful. Curly maple is only about $4 a bf here. I'm never
moving to California!

>charlie b

cC

[email protected] (Charlie Self)

in reply to Prometheus on 18/10/2004 7:21 PM

19/10/2004 8:15 AM

Prometheus responds:

>>$250/bf if it was 2x6 is $2.50/bf and for curly maple that's pretty
>>good.
>>Out here in Silly Cone Valley, even if it was 1x6 it would only be $5/bf
>>which is still good. That stuff goes for between $10 and $20/bf out
>>here
>>if it's got any figure at all.
>
>That's awful. Curly maple is only about $4 a bf here. I'm never
>moving to California!

Remembe, that's the area where they're getting $1.7 million for a $200K house.

Charlie Self
"There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other
is pulling up." Booker T. Washington

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Prometheus

in reply to [email protected] (SteveC1280) on 18/10/2004 5:41 PM

20/10/2004 12:56 AM

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:45:01 GMT, [email protected] (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

>Prometheus <[email protected]> writes:
>>On 18 Oct 2004 17:41:34 GMT, [email protected] (SteveC1280)
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I was surfing thru the stack of over-priced maple boards at HD and found a ten
>>>foot 2X6 of beatiful curly maple. It's in my wood rack now. Cost $25. Did I
>>>pay too much?
>>>>>
>>>Remove the 'remove' in my address to e:mail me
>>
>>That comes out to $2.50 a bf, if I'm correct (and, somehow I rarely am
>>when figuring bf., equation or no) which is a darn good price for any
>>8/4 maple, and really sweet for figured wood. I imagine it's S4S,
>>too, if it's dimentional like that, so I'd say you got a great deal.
>
>What HD carries 8/4 maple?

Dunno. John Menard won't let them build one here, so I can't check
without a real long drive.

>scott

pc

patrick conroy

in reply to [email protected] (SteveC1280) on 18/10/2004 5:41 PM

18/10/2004 8:05 PM

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:12:02 GMT, "toller" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
>All depends; if it was really 2x6 then you got an excellent buy; assuming
>you can find a use for 2" stock.
>
>If it was 3/4" then it was mediocre.
>

I'll bet it was S4S 3/4" 2x6 since that's what every HD I've been in
carries. If it was *really* curly, then its gloatable I guess.

GW

"Gary W"

in reply to [email protected] (SteveC1280) on 18/10/2004 5:41 PM

18/10/2004 5:53 PM

I'd call it a neener, unless it was in the cull rack for $.59, then it would
be a gloat.

"SteveC1280" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I was surfing thru the stack of over-priced maple boards at HD and found a
>ten
> foot 2X6 of beatiful curly maple. It's in my wood rack now. Cost $25.
> Did I
> pay too much?
>>>
> Remove the 'remove' in my address to e:mail me.


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