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20/07/2005 8:01 AM

Weekend Gloat

Finally have a chance to share some good fortune that came my way.
Found a woodworker who was moving and selling many of his tools and
wood to lighten the load.
Picked up the following

Soft Maple for $1/BF. Down in Florida the best price I found was
$4.5/BF.
Walnut for $2/BF
And the best for last, he had some 4'x8' sheets of Birds Eye Maple
veneer plywood! Thes go for $400 a sheet new. I bought one for
$100. That is a true tresure. Going to use the birds eye and soft
maple for a bed, with Birds Eye panels.

Still happy from the buys and looking forward to putting it to use once
I get the confidence to cut the ply!


This topic has 5 replies

Lr

"Leon"

in reply to [email protected] on 20/07/2005 8:01 AM

20/07/2005 5:14 PM


<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Finally have a chance to share some good fortune that came my way.
> Found a woodworker who was moving and selling many of his tools and
> wood to lighten the load.
> Picked up the following
>
> Soft Maple for $1/BF. Down in Florida the best price I found was
> $4.5/BF.
> Walnut for $2/BF
> And the best for last, he had some 4'x8' sheets of Birds Eye Maple
> veneer plywood! Thes go for $400 a sheet new. I bought one for
> $100. That is a true tresure. Going to use the birds eye and soft
> maple for a bed, with Birds Eye panels.
>

Good for you! But you normally have to pay $400 for Birds Eye Maple
plywood???? That's $12.50 per square foot. I think I can buy solid wood
Birds Eye Maple for less than that.

cC

[email protected] (Chris Richmond - MD6-FDC ~)

in reply to [email protected] on 20/07/2005 8:01 AM

20/07/2005 4:36 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] writes:
>And the best for last, he had some 4'x8' sheets of Birds Eye Maple
>veneer plywood! Thes go for $400 a sheet new. I bought one for
>$100.

One time, I found an "odd" sheet of the maple/birch ply at
HD for $30. It was a fairly nice sheet of BI on one side.
Made my surround speakers from it:

http://cerchaos.homeip.net:1280/woodworking6.html

I guess that sucks even better than $100/sheet.

Chris

--
Chris Richmond | I don't speak for Intel & vise versa

PA

"Phil Anderson"

in reply to [email protected] on 20/07/2005 8:01 AM

21/07/2005 10:12 AM


Leon wrote:
> Good for you! But you normally have to pay $400 for Birds Eye Maple
> plywood???? That's $12.50 per square foot. I think I can buy solid wood
> Birds Eye Maple for less than that.

But how much to turn that into a sheet of plywood, Leon? :)

Phil

md

mac davis

in reply to [email protected] on 20/07/2005 8:01 AM

20/07/2005 9:26 AM

On 20 Jul 2005 08:01:09 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

>Finally have a chance to share some good fortune that came my way.
>Found a woodworker who was moving and selling many of his tools and
>wood to lighten the load.
>Picked up the following
>
>Soft Maple for $1/BF. Down in Florida the best price I found was
>$4.5/BF.
>Walnut for $2/BF
>And the best for last, he had some 4'x8' sheets of Birds Eye Maple
>veneer plywood! Thes go for $400 a sheet new. I bought one for
>$100. That is a true tresure. Going to use the birds eye and soft
>maple for a bed, with Birds Eye panels.
>
>Still happy from the buys and looking forward to putting it to use once
>I get the confidence to cut the ply!

you suck so bad, Florida thinks Ivan is returning.. *g*
Mac
03 Tahoe Widelite 26GT Travel Trailer
replaced 1958 Hilite tent trailer
99 Dodge Ram QQ 2wd - 5.9L, auto, 3:55 gears

DD

David

in reply to [email protected] on 20/07/2005 8:01 AM

20/07/2005 8:05 AM

[email protected] wrote:

> Finally have a chance to share some good fortune that came my way.
> Found a woodworker who was moving and selling many of his tools and
> wood to lighten the load.
> Picked up the following
>
> Soft Maple for $1/BF. Down in Florida the best price I found was
> $4.5/BF.
> Walnut for $2/BF

>
I hate you! :)

Dave


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