"klklimes" wrote in message
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I'm planning to make 2 or 3 bookcases. I would really like to make them
out
of Cherry but the plans call for 2 sheets of 3/4" plywood (both sides
visible), 35 board feet of 4/4, and 1 sheet of 1/4 plywood (1 side
visible).

So far I've seen prices of the 3/4" Cherry plywood at around $96 and 4/4
lumber running at around $4.50 per board foot. At these prices, it'll cost
me almost $400 apiece just for the wood! This is in east central Iowa.
Most
of the stuff I've built lately has been out of oak. Have I just had my
head
under a rock or is Cherry this expensive everywhere else too? Walnut
plywood
is about the same price although the lumber is around $4.00/bf.

Kevin
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I filled my lumber racks with lumber and even purchased a 12x16 foor shed
and filled that sucker with lumber BEFORE I retired...But now 5 years into
retirement I am darn near out of material... Those prices are pretty close
to what I will have to pay shortly...I cheated on an entertainment center I
build last year and used a lot of good plywood that I had to stain and used
walnut face frames etc... Honestly the agrivation with using stains was not
worth the money I saved... although It did come out just fine... BUT I can
see me with a shop full of equiptment and absolutely no lumber nor money to
purchase lumber in another 10-15 years... IT is a problem...

Bob Griffiths