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numbskull · 11-07-2009, 05:33 AM

Rough lumber is sold as 1"=4/4
1.25"=5/4
1.5 = 6/4
2" = 8/4
and so on
The lumber is not smooth, nor particularly straight so when you finish it on a planer you lose some. Depending on the grade it will have some (or a lot) of knots.

It is priced by the board foot (bf) which is a 12"x 12" x 4/4 (1") piece.
So if you buy an 12" plank that is 10 ft long and 8/4 thick at $5 a bf it will cost you $10 a foot or $100.

Lumber is sold by the plank. Sometimes you can get cutoffs and such, but usually you are buying the whole plank (if you want it shorter they won't sell it unless you leave them 6 feet or something like that). If you want it machined and cut to dimensions, most places will do that but you have to pay them extra and make arrangements to go back for it.

If you are looking for thick tiger maple in short lengths, you might try contacting the Eldred Wheeler furniture factory (I think they are in Rockland) and speak to the foreman. I'll bet they burn tons of 2" tiger maple plank ends.

If you just want a little, I think I can help, although how rich the figure is in what I have I'm not certain.

11-07-2009, 05:33 AM	#10
numbskull Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: over the hill Posts: 6,682	Rough lumber is sold as 1"=4/4 1.25"=5/4 1.5 = 6/4 2" = 8/4 and so on The lumber is not smooth, nor particularly straight so when you finish it on a planer you lose some. Depending on the grade it will have some (or a lot) of knots. It is priced by the board foot (bf) which is a 12"x 12" x 4/4 (1") piece. So if you buy an 12" plank that is 10 ft long and 8/4 thick at $5 a bf it will cost you $10 a foot or $100. Lumber is sold by the plank. Sometimes you can get cutoffs and such, but usually you are buying the whole plank (if you want it shorter they won't sell it unless you leave them 6 feet or something like that). If you want it machined and cut to dimensions, most places will do that but you have to pay them extra and make arrangements to go back for it. If you are looking for thick tiger maple in short lengths, you might try contacting the Eldred Wheeler furniture factory (I think they are in Rockland) and speak to the foreman. I'll bet they burn tons of 2" tiger maple plank ends. If you just want a little, I think I can help, although how rich the figure is in what I have I'm not certain.