On 16 Nov 2004 13:26:01 -0800,
(Michael Stephenson) wrote:

igor wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:46:33 -0500, (J T) wrote:

http://www.anythingicando.com/season...30/proj_30.htm



Under one photo it says, "Choose screws that are long enough to have at
least half their length in each pieces". That's a puzzler.

By my count the project takes about 34 board ft of cedar. To make the
$50 price estimate they would have to get the wood fairly cheaply,
something like $1.47 a board foot. I think cedar goes for more like
$3.80 a board foot which would put the project at $129 before hardware
and finishing supplies. A simple table like this can be had from Ikea
for $79. It is certainly more fun when you build it yourself but I
think the cost estimates on these projects should be a little bit more
realistic.

Western Red cedar goes for $3 a bf here for select and better, $2,25
for #1 common- both still well above the estimate above.

Not to mention their ideas about what the "world's simplest table"
might be. I'd think a piece of plywood on a milk crate would be quite
a lot simpler, myself.


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