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!

On 20 Jul 2005 08:01:09 -0700, 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

In article .com,
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

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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.

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