wdworking Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 I work with a guy who had some Cherry to sell and it's rough sawed about an inch thick ranges from 4 inches wide to 9 inches wide and some of the piece's are 8 ft long. It's been in this out building for years. he knows that it's been nearly twenty years since it's been in there. Only a couple are cupped and from my untrained eye, it will need a lot of planing to get the very rough saw marks out of it. I figure I have a couple hundred B.F. of it. For 125.00 is it a good deal? Would the age of it make it a better or worse deal? Thanks. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 i just priced out a bunch of wood and at common 1 the guy told me 3 dollers for a board foot. so sit down and take the width of each board and times it by length then divide by 12 to figure out the board foot of each board. write that numbr on each board and when you done tally it up and then times it by 3.00 thats how you tell if its a good deal or not. wont take to long to clean them up may be a pass or four through the machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinh Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 The last cherry I bought was 4.00/bf. As long as the boards aren't split very bad it sounds like you got a good deal. What are your plans for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimV Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 It sounds like the guy doesn't care if he sells it and you don't care if you buy it. Offer him $100 and everyone will be happy. You can at least find one bill's worth of usable cherry in there for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzz Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Hearne Hardwoods website says cherry common 1 & 2 is $2.25 a BF. So it sounds to me like a deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darnell Hagen Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 That's a very good price if the wood is sound. "Aged" lumber often has better colour than new, old cherry will be darker than when it was cut, even well below the surface. It's often difficult to work, time makes a board hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipster Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 I pay $3.00 a board foot from a local mill. I consider that to be a good deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNiessen Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 And the cupped boards can be cut into narrow strips before planing to reduce how much planing is needed to flatten them. Those can become trim or legs or other thinner part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimV Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Craig, well, did you get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdworking Posted October 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Yes, I got the Cherry. About 15 or so boards in varying widths. (4 inches up to about 9 wide) 5/4 in thickness. A couple are cupped, but overall, it's pretty good stuff. I don't have a planer or jointer so I will have someone either dimension it for me, or I will try and do it the old fashion way with a plane. (I rather like the idea of doing SOME by hand.) As old as this stuff is, I think it's a great find. Project frame and panel desk. Never built one before, but consider it a challenge. Can't find plans for one, so I will have to come up one of my own I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 how muchdid you end up spending some place near by is selling it for 1.67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdworking Posted October 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 I purchased the lot for 125. This was sold by a guy that I worked with, not a company. Looking forward to working with it by hand and by machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 if you do have 200bf then you spent 1.60 so ya prity good deal especily if they are decent width and length. if there is alot of realy small strips then you did ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdworking Posted October 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Several of them are over 6 feet long. I know since I could not put the door down on the SUV bringing them home. I have attached an image of a few in my garage. Moved a few to the basement to acclimate to the house. The pieces in the image are under 8" wide and vary from 4-4/5 in thickness. None are 8/4 so I will have to figure out how to create legs for my frame and panel desk. I've seen images on taking two triangle pieces and creating the one leg. Have not figured out how to do that yet. Was thinking of making the legs 2" square. I have added a page to my website to document the adventure. This will give me a good reason to keep it up to date on a more regular basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soonerdg Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 if you do have 200bf then you spent 1.60 so ya prity good deal especily if they are decent width and length. if there is alot of realy small strips then you did ok. 200 bf bought for 125.00 would be just under 0.63/bf. I'd say that's a heckuva deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 200 bf bought for 125.00 would be just under 0.63/bf. I'd say that's a heckuva deal. how do you get .63 cents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soonerdg Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 To calculate unit cost you divide the cost of the wood by the number of units, in this case bf. 125/200=0.625 or 62.5 cents per bf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 hmmmi did 200/125 is 1.60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwood Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Amount in dollars by the amount in bd ft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechwood Chip Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 hmmmi did 200/125 is 1.60 He got 1.60 BF per dollar. If you divide by BF you get "per BF". If you divide by dollars you get "per dollar". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 eather way we are both right in that he got one hell of a deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbutton Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Hand planing or by machine, just be careful to watch the grain pattern. Cherry chips real easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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