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Hi all just bought some timber here wow its got expensive.6"x1" pine is now $1.60/£1 per foot.And western red cedar is hold on to your hats $4.81/£3 per foot.Interested to know the price for prepared timber over in the States see how it compares to UK prices,any ideas folks.?

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Mike,

Mike,

8x1 red cedar is more readily available, in my area, than 6x1---

that's why I noted it.   (My local sources don't stock the 6x1).



Ken Darga said:

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red cedar 8"x 1" ---$1.25 per foot  ..../span>

 

I do try ken but one gets fed up with useing manmade boards.Not looked into the price of oak yet,most of my oak i got for free .Thats when i was in the building game.

Ken Darga said:

Mike,

There is only a small volume of yellow and red cedar exported to the European countries---

perhaps one of the reasons for it's high costs.

http://commerce.alaska.gov/ded/dev/forest_products/pub/tree12f.pdf

Perhaps design and make your wood products from more readily available and cost effective lumber materials.


 

 

"FREE" is good...

My FREE oak source, ''dried'' up---gone to join the woodworkers in the heavens.



michael evans said:

>>>...,most of my oak i got for free ...br/>

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