On 3/8/2021 9:26 AM, Jack wrote:
On 3/6/2021 10:59 AM, Leon wrote:

Hummmm our local store must have not gotten the message.Â* I got my HF
gloves at the old regular price last year.Â* But yeah, looking at the
web site they have tippled in price.
Have you priced lumber lately?

Yes, I have pretty much been steady with jobs since last summer. There
was a big lull after the Harvey floods. I was not going to build at
insurance rates.



Just went to HD and 2x4x8 is almost $7. Oak, Maple and cherry around $20
a board foot, walnut $32/ft.

I do not buy hardwoods from HD, Lowes, or the like.
But yes some lumber has increased in price drastically.
I have seen a price increase in hardwood veneered plywoods, but not a
great increase. I have not seen a price increase with 1/2" Baltic birch
plywood, 5x5. Still just $22.95.
I have not seen a price increase with solid red oak, but white oak is
almost double red oak prices. White oak used to be about 25% more
expensive than red oak.






Several years ago I bought an Oak board for a door I was making and it
cost $4.something a foot.Â* The cashier advised me the price was per
foot, not for the whole board, which was 14 ft long.Â* I knew that but
apparently lots of people thought the price marked was per board, not
per foot...

So red oak S4S 1 x 8 is about $3.65 per LF now.
White Oak S4S 1 x 10, 25% wider than the
1 x 8 mentioned above is $6.95 per LF.

Apples to apples, the red and white oak use to only differ about $1. per
LF in 1x8 a few years ago. About double that difference now.




Wonder how they like it now?


The two giant Oak tree's in my front yard are starting to look delicious...

With the USSA $30+ TRILLION in dept, and a communist administration, you
best stock up on commodities, cause cash is soon to be worthless....