wood costs.

[bigbob2]

always wondered how much you guys pay for your timber .Here's a shot of two little bits i just bought. As the tape shows they both go 2 x 2 x 24'' and cost me the sum of $105 Aus.
 

[LookMomNoSights]

[Buemaker]

What kind of wood is it, is is it an Australian species or an imported one? Here in Norway very little "exotic" wood is for sale so if I want some it has to be imported. With freight costs, custom fees and a 25 % Vat it becomes costly. Bue--.

[Troy D. Breeding]

It's not only outside the US. Been trying to find a certain piece of wood to fill an order. Finally found it and the cost is three Franklins plus.

[BigJim]

Costs are the same with anything. The more that want it and the harder it is to come by, the more expensive it is.

I just spent $6000 grand on a pallet of wood....some species cheap and some definitely not.
I will say that my interest certainly was peaked with the more expensive woods.
Thanks, bigjim

[bigbob2]

Forgot to mention it is Red Palm.I think it is mostly imported from Asia, though there would be some here .I can understand the $6000 Jim, friend went to supplier and got $ 400 worth which he carried out easily in his arms.

[Roy from Pa]

I love free Osage..  

 

[D]

Holy Cow Roy way to be a show off..lol

[bigbob2]

Holy cow Roy! I'd die happy with that lot!

[takefive]

Jeez Roy, I just paid $50 plus $25 shipping for one osage board.  Way to rub it in    :mad:   Just got back from my local hardwood dealer with 2 red elm, 2 hickory, and one hard maple boards (6' by 5 1/2" wide and an honest inch thick) for $32 total.  I figure 10-12 bows (or attempts at bows) at about $3 per bow.  Sure wish he carried osage.

[bigbob2]

People here want about $5 per lb, non select for Osage plus freight if needed.

[Jack Skinner]

I made three bows from a hickory board that cost me 25-30 bucks.

[wcdurand]

Well i am from South Africa and of course I just had to get Osage. $200 to get one stave here and bought ten. BUTTTT it was worth it. I love Osage

[wood carver 2]

I used to buy walnut for about $3.00 a board foot. The place I got it from burned down. Now I pay $10.00 a BF. I imagine that with the price of gas and diesel going to stupid new heights, things will just get worse.
I feel your pain bigbob2, but when I'm told I can't choose the wood that I'm buying, I tell them to keep it.
Dave.

[bigbob2]

$200 to get one stave here and bought ten.                WOW!
woodcarver at least I do get to select which pieces I get mugged for !      I prefer to source my own native timber but sometimes people want exotics and they cost.

[fujimo]

welkom meneer!  

[wood carver 2]

My local supplier lists black palm : 1 1/4 X 4 X 39 inches for about $58 plus tax. Doesn't mean they always have any though. Some exotics are $20 and up per BF.
Dave.

[halfseminole]

Partly why I have a pile of veneers three and a half feet thick.  Then again, regular carpentry projects eat into that heavily as well.

[wcdurand]

Wel baie dankie Fujimo nou voel ek sommer tuis. ----Well you would know that $200 is a lot of South African rands but I wanted osage. Luckily Black Locust is on the invasive species list here and I have a good pile drying, and then i am looking at our local wood like "Wit Stinkhout" which is family to hackberry and as well as "Karee" and of cause lots of Mulberry. Mostly those I can get for free.

[LittleBen]

Originally posted by wood carver 2:
My local supplier lists black palm : 1 1/4 X 4 X 39 inches for about $58 plus tax. Doesn't mean they always have any though. Some exotics are $20 and up per BF.
Dave.

You bet! I bought a nice kingwood board recently at was just about $40/bdft ... ouch. But at least I got to hand select.

Anyway, you wanna see the ultimate in ridiculous wood prices, check out a famous mahogany tree called "the tree" ... mainyl for super high end acoustic guitars ... a back and sides set can be thousands of dollars ... and we're talking about maybe 1bdft total in a back and sides set. I found one reference where Taylor Guitars wanted a $7000 upcharge on top of the cost of a custom shop acoustic for a AAAAA set. Wild!