10-31-2021, 09:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-31-2021, 02:07 PM by Mike Brady.)
I got a jolt yesterday, going to our only hardwood supplier in Indy. I'm am starting to build a sharpening station similar to what Lie-Nielsen (formerly) offered. Since it will be near my bench, and the bench is ash, I asked to see their ash, of which they had plenty. I needed 8/4 by roughly 1X8ft. to get started. Easily found a board and went to pay.....$96.00!! I picked myself up from the floor, and asked how much it is per bd/ft.: Six bucks. Last time I bought a quantity of wood, I could get cherry for that price. My bench has a hundred BF of ash in it @ $3 /bf (built in 2010).
I once asked a high-end furniture builder where he bought his wood. He mentioned a store wood store in far-west suburban Chicago. My first reaction was that it was by far the most expensive place. His answer was that the cost of wood is modest compared to the the other costs of operating a professional artisenal furniture-building business. As was once said, "The value of something is remembered long after the cost is forgotten".
I once asked a high-end furniture builder where he bought his wood. He mentioned a store wood store in far-west suburban Chicago. My first reaction was that it was by far the most expensive place. His answer was that the cost of wood is modest compared to the the other costs of operating a professional artisenal furniture-building business. As was once said, "The value of something is remembered long after the cost is forgotten".
