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Dave

09/02/2012 11:14 PM

Slab of Wood for >$20,000 Anybody?

http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html


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Sonny

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 9:05 AM

On Feb 10, 10:59=A0am, Steve Barker <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/10/2012 10:25 AM, Bill wrote:
>
> > On 2/10/2012 10:33 AM, Steve Barker wrote:
> >> On 2/9/2012 11:07 PM, Zz Yzx wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:14:50 -0500, Dave<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >>>>http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html
>
> >>> $20,00.25!
>
> >> what the hell kind of number is that?
>
> > Clearly it's a measure of currency. Probably the new, upgraded, cost of
> > Festool's belt sander! : )
>
> i hear that! =A0but i'm not sure how to even pronounce that number.
>
> --
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> remove the "not" from my address to email

Twenty hundred dollars and twenty five cents, plus tip.

Sonny

SB

Steve Barker

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 10:59 AM

On 2/10/2012 10:25 AM, Bill wrote:
> On 2/10/2012 10:33 AM, Steve Barker wrote:
>> On 2/9/2012 11:07 PM, Zz Yzx wrote:
>>> On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:14:50 -0500, Dave<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html
>>>
>>> $20,00.25!
>>
>> what the hell kind of number is that?
>
> Clearly it's a measure of currency. Probably the new, upgraded, cost of
> Festool's belt sander! : )


i hear that! but i'm not sure how to even pronounce that number.

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Zz Yzx

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

09/02/2012 9:07 PM

On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:14:50 -0500, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:

>http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html

$20,00.25!

Rc

Robatoy

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 10:39 AM

On Feb 10, 12:22=A0pm, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/10/2012 11:05 AM, Sonny wrote:
>
> >>>>> $20,00.25!
> > Twenty hundred dollars and twenty five cents, plus tip.
>
> $200,0.25 ... <-pronouncing that will get you an even bigger tip.
>
> --www.eWoodShop.com
> Last update: 4/15/2010
> KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious)http://gplus.to/eWoodShop

In honour of the rapper 50cents, a Halifax, Nova Scotia rapper has
called himself "buck,six-fifty" ( I have NO idea how to put that in
numbers...)

Mm

MJ

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 10:03 AM

I'm wondering if the best thing to do with these flinches is to
cut them up as veneers? I am looking at wild grain on these
and no boardroom table I've ever seen has natural edges.

The problem is where do you go and get the veneer's cut? That requires a lot of skill and a huge resaw.

MJ

Sb

"SonomaProducts.com"

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 11:40 AM

On Feb 9, 8:14=A0pm, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html

Man that will take a lot of cutting to fit it all in the fireplace

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 2:49 PM

On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:39:19 -0800 (PST), Robatoy
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Feb 10, 12:22 pm, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 2/10/2012 11:05 AM, Sonny wrote:
>>
>> >>>>> $20,00.25!
>> > Twenty hundred dollars and twenty five cents, plus tip.
>>
>> $200,0.25 ... <-pronouncing that will get you an even bigger tip.
>>
>> --www.eWoodShop.com
>> Last update: 4/15/2010
>> KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious)http://gplus.to/eWoodShop
>
>In honour of the rapper 50cents, a Halifax, Nova Scotia rapper has
>called himself "buck,six-fifty" ( I have NO idea how to put that in
>numbers...)

I've always told folks that such and such would cost them

a buck three fifty two.


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"Lee Michaels"

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 3:12 PM



"SonomaProducts.com" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Feb 9, 8:14 pm, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html
>
> Man that will take a lot of cutting to fit it all in the fireplace

Speaking of fireplaces, can you see taking some of that slab wood and making
some nice fireplace furniture? I am not sure how you would do it. It would
probably have to be a rustic or primitive style, nothing fancy. But that
grain and a nice finish job, everybody would be looking at the wood and not
at the fire.

That would be an awkward size to work with. Not many garage shops could
handle a project like that . Either budget wise or size wise.


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RonB

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 3:23 PM

On Feb 10, 9:42=A0am, Greg Guarino <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/9/2012 11:14 PM, Dave wrote:
>
> >http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html
>
> Measure twice, cut once indeed.

Cut hell - I'd be afraid to touch it!

SB

Steve Barker

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 7:21 PM

On 2/10/2012 11:22 AM, Swingman wrote:
> On 2/10/2012 11:05 AM, Sonny wrote:
>
>>>>>> $20,00.25!
>
>> Twenty hundred dollars and twenty five cents, plus tip.
>
> $200,0.25 ... <-pronouncing that will get you an even bigger tip.
>

i'm starting to get it. This one would be

two hundred tens dollars and twenty five cents ((plus tip (i think))

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"HeyBub"

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 6:12 PM

Dave wrote:
> http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html

At that minimal thicknes, you'd have to make a FLAT-SIDED lampshade. Not
enough to turn one on a lathe.

WB

William Bagwell

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 8:19 PM

On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:33 -0800, Larry Jaques
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>I've always told folks that such and such would cost them
>
> a buck three fifty two.

A dollar three eighty eleven... (Say it out loud) And if referring to your own
meager salary, add "And all the cardboard you can eat."

Wows 'em every time since at least the 70s.
--
William

SB

Steve Barker

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 9:33 AM

On 2/9/2012 11:07 PM, Zz Yzx wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:14:50 -0500, Dave<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html
>
> $20,00.25!

what the hell kind of number is that?

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Rc

Robatoy

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 8:39 AM

On Feb 10, 11:25=A0am, FrozenNorth <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On 2/10/12 11:13 AM, Robatoy wrote:
>
> > On Feb 9, 11:14 pm, Dave<[email protected]> =A0wrote:
> >>http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html
>
> > I can see those numbers in the right application.
>
> > One of those would make a nice $ 75,000+ board room table.
> > Well within reason.
>
> or one hell of a dart board. ;-)
>
> --
> Froz...
>
> The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.

Drag it out when company comes to cut some cheese....

Rc

Robatoy

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 8:13 AM

On Feb 9, 11:14=A0pm, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html

I can see those numbers in the right application.

One of those would make a nice $ 75,000+ board room table.
Well within reason.

Sk

Swingman

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 11:22 AM

On 2/10/2012 11:05 AM, Sonny wrote:

>>>>> $20,00.25!

> Twenty hundred dollars and twenty five cents, plus tip.

$200,0.25 ... <-pronouncing that will get you an even bigger tip.

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Greg Guarino

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 10:42 AM

On 2/9/2012 11:14 PM, Dave wrote:
> http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html

Measure twice, cut once indeed.

BB

Bill

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 11:25 AM

On 2/10/2012 10:33 AM, Steve Barker wrote:
> On 2/9/2012 11:07 PM, Zz Yzx wrote:
>> On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:14:50 -0500, Dave<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html
>>
>> $20,00.25!
>
> what the hell kind of number is that?

Clearly it's a measure of currency. Probably the new, upgraded, cost of
Festool's belt sander! : )

Ff

FrozenNorth

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 11:25 AM

On 2/10/12 11:13 AM, Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 9, 11:14 pm, Dave<[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html
>
> I can see those numbers in the right application.
>
> One of those would make a nice $ 75,000+ board room table.
> Well within reason.

or one hell of a dart board. ;-)

--
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The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.

Ff

FrozenNorth

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 12:07 PM

On 2/10/12 11:39 AM, Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 10, 11:25 am, FrozenNorth<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> On 2/10/12 11:13 AM, Robatoy wrote:
>>
>>> On Feb 9, 11:14 pm, Dave<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html
>>
>>> I can see those numbers in the right application.
>>
>>> One of those would make a nice $ 75,000+ board room table.
>>> Well within reason.
>>
>> or one hell of a dart board. ;-)
>>
>
> Drag it out when company comes to cut some cheese....

If people come over to cut the cheese, i try and get rid of them pretty
fast.

--
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The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.

ST

Steve Turner

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 2:53 PM

On 02/10/2012 12:03 PM, MJ wrote:
> I'm wondering if the best thing to do with these flinches is to
> cut them up as veneers? I am looking at wild grain on these
> and no boardroom table I've ever seen has natural edges.
>
> The problem is where do you go and get the veneer's cut? That requires a lot of skill and a huge resaw.

I'd be surprised if that wood wasn't unstable as hell. Looks like it
would have stress and shrinkage cracks all over the place. While on the
one hand it seems like a shame to cut up such a large slab of gorgeous
wood, what could you possibly construct from it that would a value would
exceeding the price of the wood? Other than creating some esoteric
piece of art that would be "valuable" only to an elite few with too much
money on their hands, it seems like cutting it up into veneers or
smaller sections would be a better way to "stretch" the value and beauty
of the wood.

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"Artemus"

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 1:07 PM


"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:2288dc37-e587-44d7-b2aa-79b00228d755@e27g2000vbu.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 10, 12:22 pm, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/10/2012 11:05 AM, Sonny wrote:
>
> >>>>> $20,00.25!
> > Twenty hundred dollars and twenty five cents, plus tip.
>
> $200,0.25 ... <-pronouncing that will get you an even bigger tip.
>
> --www.eWoodShop.com
> Last update: 4/15/2010
> KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious)http://gplus.to/eWoodShop

In honour of the rapper 50cents, a Halifax, Nova Scotia rapper has
called himself "buck,six-fifty" ( I have NO idea how to put that in
numbers...)

-----------------------------
As the old saying goes - What's old is new again.
My grandfather was fond of saying "a buck two ninety eight".
Art

Jj

Jack

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

14/02/2012 11:36 AM

On 2/10/2012 4:07 PM, Artemus wrote:

> In honour of the rapper 50cents, a Halifax, Nova Scotia rapper has
> called himself "buck,six-fifty" ( I have NO idea how to put that in
> numbers...)
>
> -----------------------------
> As the old saying goes - What's old is new again.
> My grandfather was fond of saying "a buck two ninety eight".
> Art

It was always "a buck two eighty" around here...

I guess it depends on the neighborhood...


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Mm

-MIKE-

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

14/02/2012 10:57 AM

On 2/14/12 10:36 AM, Jack wrote:
> On 2/10/2012 4:07 PM, Artemus wrote:
>
>> In honour of the rapper 50cents, a Halifax, Nova Scotia rapper has
>> called himself "buck,six-fifty" ( I have NO idea how to put that in
>> numbers...)
>>
>> -----------------------------
>> As the old saying goes - What's old is new again.
>> My grandfather was fond of saying "a buck two ninety eight".
>> Art
>
> It was always "a buck two eighty" around here...
>
> I guess it depends on the neighborhood...
>
>

Does that translate into $3.80?
If so, I love that. :-)


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Jack

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

16/02/2012 12:25 PM

On 2/14/2012 11:57 AM, -MIKE- wrote:
> On 2/14/12 10:36 AM, Jack wrote:
>> On 2/10/2012 4:07 PM, Artemus wrote:
>>
>>> In honour of the rapper 50cents, a Halifax, Nova Scotia rapper has
>>> called himself "buck,six-fifty" ( I have NO idea how to put that in
>>> numbers...)

>>> As the old saying goes - What's old is new again.
>>> My grandfather was fond of saying "a buck two ninety eight".
>>> Art
>>
>> It was always "a buck two eighty" around here...
>>
>> I guess it depends on the neighborhood...

> Does that translate into $3.80?
> If so, I love that. :-)

I think it translated into "I have no f***ing idea how much it cost, and
why are you asking me anyway".



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Jack
Add Life to your Days not Days to your Life.
http://jbstein.com

SB

Steve Barker

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 11:08 AM

On 2/10/2012 10:39 AM, Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 10, 11:25 am, FrozenNorth<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> On 2/10/12 11:13 AM, Robatoy wrote:
>>
>>> On Feb 9, 11:14 pm, Dave<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html
>>
>>> I can see those numbers in the right application.
>>
>>> One of those would make a nice $ 75,000+ board room table.
>>> Well within reason.
>>
>> or one hell of a dart board. ;-)
>>
>> --
>> Froz...
>>
>> The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.
>
> Drag it out when company comes to cut some cheese....

you know these two suggestions were meant as jokes, but they're really
no more ridiculous than spending $125 a board foot for wood OR $75000
for a table. At least as a dart board or cheese cutting board, the wood
would be getting put to some good use. Unlike a boardroom table.

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[email protected] (Scott Lurndal)

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 4:48 PM

Dave <[email protected]> writes:
>http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/BastongeButt/1441.html

About USD125 per Board Foot. Not completely unreasonable. In the
same range as brazillian rosewood.

Claro Walnut slabs are available here: http://bakerhardwoods.com/

scott

Du

Dave

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 7:18 PM

On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:22:49 -0600, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>$200,0.25 ... <-pronouncing that will get you an even bigger tip.

Probably just a clandestine attempt to buy a slab for 1/10 the asking
price.

Du

Dave

in reply to Dave on 09/02/2012 11:14 PM

10/02/2012 7:15 PM

On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:13:50 -0800 (PST), Robatoy
>One of those would make a nice $ 75,000+ board room table.
>Well within reason.

Well, I can see it disappearing very quickly if the business ever got
burgled. Only problem is that you need a big hand truck to get it out
the door.


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