(06-04-2017, 09:19 AM)jteneyck Wrote: I buy Sapele for $5/BF in anything up to and including 8/4. They are completely different woods, but when you think of where Sapele comes from and all the steps involved in getting it to my hands, it's amazing how it can be so cheap - or maybe just how walnut can be so expensive.
John
John we are different in location to a shipping point. Walnut is here, hardly any transportation cost. For us Sapele is up where some folks are saying Walnut is if not local. In this type of discussion I routinely see import wood prices much lower with proximity to a coast, or shipping ports. All imports are too expensive for me to get excited about them, except for small quantities to use as a trim/accent. Low prices are 8 bux a bd/ft upwards to really pricey.
Worst thing they can do is cook ya and eat ya 
GW
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