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

Sounds about right to me. Good wood is very expensive!

Bill


"klklimes" wrote in message
news:0Y5Ib.692495$Tr4.1731109@attbi_s03...
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

"klklimes" wrote in message

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!

WW is not a cheap hobby. I guess it depends on what you are comparing it to.
You can buy bookcases for less than $100 that will hold books.

I paid over $300 for wood to make a Tudor style bench. I could buy a bench
that would hold my butt off the ground for less than $100. I later saw the
same bench in a retail store for $1000; then I felt better about what I did.

Just check the price of cherry ply at my local dealer. $96.60 a sheet here
in CT. 4/4 Cherry is $6.10. MDF is only $20 a sheet
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 03:05:32 GMT, "klklimes"
wrote:

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.


Those prices are comparable to CT.

Barry

I don't think they're using up all the
cherry pywood in Iraq. Hey! I just
thought of a corny joke: What's
Saddam Hussein thinking right now?
Answer: This time last year Iran Iraq.
Sorry.

"klklimes" wrote in message
news:0Y5Ib.692495$Tr4.1731109@attbi_s03...
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
===================================
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

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...

I was planning on having woodworking as a hobby for when I retire in 20
years. Should I start a special investment plan for funding my wood supplies
at that time?

Rich

For some reason, cherry is in high demand. In a few years that will
probably change. It's like a race between oak, cherry, and maple.
All are very nice hardwoods. Strange that most people (even
woodworkers) can't identify specific wood. Finishes can change the
appearance too.

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 03:05:32 GMT, "klklimes"
wrote:

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

Just before Christmas, I picked up a few 8'x4' sheets of 5/8" VC G2S
cherry plywood for CDN$60/sheet (~US$40) at Rona's (a Canadian version
of the BORG). They normally don't carry cherry ply at all, but they
brought in a special shipment. Hopefully the weather will clear up in
the next day or two so I can take my trailer over and pickup some more.

....Mike

Here in Texas, I'm paying $97.22 for 3/4" A1 lumber core plywood, and $54.88
for 1/4".

Your 4/4 prices are lower than mine, however.

"klklimes" wrote in message
news:0Y5Ib.692495$Tr4.1731109@attbi_s03...
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

Bob G wrote:

===================================
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

If I were you, I be slowly refilling the shed with cheap green lumber
now. Hopefully it'll be dried out by the time you run out of your other
stock.

--
Donnie Vazquez
Sunderland, MD

I've got some air dried cherry in your area I would sell cheap. There is
about 200BF (rough estimate) of it and I'll take $250 for the lot. It was
cut in 1999 and
stickered in a barn up until last week, now it is on a hayrack and being
moved about the farm. 4/4 and 8/4 random length/width/grade. Cash only,
and you have to do all the loading yourself.

Located near Calamus.

E-mail me if you are interested.

Thanks,
Mike

"klklimes" wrote in message
news:0Y5Ib.692495$Tr4.1731109@attbi_s03...
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