I've wanted to post a gloat here for years and finally fell into at
least a semi-gloat this weekend, in the form of a classified ad listing
all sorts of junk that included "500+ board feet of oak lumber, $1/ft."
Turns out he'd overestimated the size of the stack, but in the end I
drove away with about 325-350 board feet of 3/4 plain sawn red oak in
widths from 8-12" for $300. Some of the boards are quite nice, all of
it's servicable and will work well for the kitchen and library projects
I have planned for summer.
FWIW, red oak boards run about $6/bd ft in the home centers here, and
$2.50/bd ft in the rough from local hardwood sellers.
-kiwanda
Kiwanda wrote:
> I've wanted to post a gloat here for years and finally fell into at
> least a semi-gloat this weekend, in the form of a classified ad listing
> all sorts of junk that included "500+ board feet of oak lumber, $1/ft."
> Turns out he'd overestimated the size of the stack, but in the end I
> drove away with about 325-350 board feet of 3/4 plain sawn red oak in
> widths from 8-12" for $300. Some of the boards are quite nice, all of
> it's servicable and will work well for the kitchen and library projects
> I have planned for summer.
>
> FWIW, red oak boards run about $6/bd ft in the home centers here, and
> $2.50/bd ft in the rough from local hardwood sellers.
>
> -kiwanda
Yeah, that's a good one.. you lucky bastard.. Enjoy it.
Oh, yeah-- I needed it. My oak supply was down to about nothing and I'm
doing face frames/doors for a kitchen and a new library project this
summer. Toss in a few extra projects and I was planning to but 150-200
bd ft at some point this summer, likely from one of the local guys that
sells for $2+. The last time I saw red oak at an auction it went for
closer to $3/ft by the time bidding was over. Too many people chasing
too little lumber around here I think!
-kiwanda
"Kiwanda" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've wanted to post a gloat here for years and finally fell into at
> least a semi-gloat this weekend, in the form of a classified ad listing
> all sorts of junk that included "500+ board feet of oak lumber, $1/ft."
> Turns out he'd overestimated the size of the stack, but in the end I
> drove away with about 325-350 board feet of 3/4 plain sawn red oak in
> widths from 8-12" for $300. Some of the boards are quite nice, all of
> it's servicable and will work well for the kitchen and library projects
> I have planned for summer.
>
> FWIW, red oak boards run about $6/bd ft in the home centers here, and
> $2.50/bd ft in the rough from local hardwood sellers.
>
If you actually need the wood it is a gloat. If you don't it isn't.
I regularly see red oak for for $0.50/bf at auctions. I don't buy it
because I have too much wood laying around already. (the 100bf of walnut I
have drying won't help any)