price/cube

[milkman]

Okay my arithmetic is frighteningly bad but £1,257.21/m3.

Is it me or is that about £35/foot 3 and thus a bit pricey?

Have put together an excel cubic reckoner but wondered if anyone has links to one that may be a bit better designed?

 

[Anonymous]

£35/cu ft is about right, as to whether its pricey or not, depends on the timber

 

[milkman]

SORRY! should have said thats for iroko, euro-oak was £2,140/m3 which i make to £59/feet 3

 

[Shultzy]

milkman, cubic metres to cubic feet is divide by 35.3134 so

iroko at £1,257.21 m3 is £35.60 Ft3
euro-oak at £2,140 m3 is £60.60 Ft3

 

[jasonB]

Iroko is getting pricier as the amount being logged is being restricted.

Jason

 

[DomValente]

Don't know about the Iroko but the Oak price is frightening, way above the odds even for cabinet grade.

Dom

 

[milkman]

Well they say shop around so I will. I thought oak should probably weigh-in at around £30 ish so was more than suprised at the £60 price tag, for sawn that is.

 

[DomValente]

How much do you need?

 

[Philly]

Is that one inch or two inch oak? Two inch is much more expensive than one - DAMHIK!!!!
Philly

 

[milkman]

2", I didn't know the £ per cube varied with thickness. In fact there's a lot I don't know if you hadn't already guessed!

There isn't a 'how not to look like a numpty at the timber yard' thread is there?

Not sure how much I need yet, probably only a 6' plank or two of 2"x8", I refer you to my wood for barges question. Possibly making a gang plank too.

 

[Lord Nibbo]

2", I didn't know the £ per cube varied with thickness. In fact there's a lot I don't know if you hadn't already guessed!

My last lot of American Black Walnut was 2 1/2" thick and I had several quotes around £60 cu ft for 1" up to and a little over £90 per cu ft for 2 1/2"

I eventually got 15 cu ft, 2 1/2" for £75 cu ft including free delivery from James Latham at Yate near Bristol.

 

[ByronBlack]

Milkman

If you have a look at the wood whisperers website, he has a video podcast dedicated to buying wood at a timber yard and how not to look like a plank - it's very useful.

 

[seanybaby]

Milkman

If you have a look at the wood whisperers website, he has a video podcast dedicated to buying wood at a timber yard and how not to look
like a plank - it's very useful.

Heres a link for it.
http://s4.video.blip.tv/0510000142487/T ... ing181.mov

 

[Joe90]

... and how not to look like a plank - it's very useful.

He he he, you wouldn't want to look like a plank, someone may try to buy you! :shock:

(hat, coat etc etc)