I Bought What??

[Magicman]

Lumber. 

OK, I have a small project that I need to build this week and I had no 1X12's.


 
I felt kinda lame paying $26 for two 12' 1X12 boards.   :-\

[paul case]

WHAT!!!????

Wait a minute You bought those?

You have my deepest condolences in this time of loss.

PC

[samandothers]

Look on the bright side!  They were not $30!

[thecfarm]

Them knots are as big as a bowl of grits. 

[killamplanes]

I know what ur talking about. Couple weeks ago I bought 2x4 by 10ft. They were 2nd at lumber yard for a dollar apiece bought 87 of them. We use them 4 inches at a time to put blocks in repairing pallets. Pine is much easier to do this process then my hardwoods.  I don't feel bad though. Not for a dollar...

[yukon cornelius]

Some times it is easier to just buy them anyway. Yesterday I needed one 2x4 cedar 54 inches long. I mill up a small log and get one good 2x out of it and proceed to cut it 53 inches long. so I go get another log and start over.

[logboy]

When I was redoing my existing wood shop and adding on this summer, I went to the local big box store and purchased all of the precut 2x4s.  Their sale price is $.50 a board foot.  Considering the logs cost me $.35-$.40 board foot, I wasn't about to waste time and money sawing, drying and milling my own.  Putting self-righteousness ahead of profit margins is not a very good business model.

[WV Sawmiller]

MM,

   Did you borrow Marty's truck and go in with a wig and sunglasses hoping nobody would recognize you? How embarrassing! You have my condolences.

[ozarkgem]

Some times it is easier to just buy them anyway. Yesterday I needed one 2x4 cedar 54 inches long. I mill up a small log and get one good 2x out of it and proceed to cut it 53 inches long. so I go get another log and start over.

glad its not just me. I needed a 2" x 17" in piece yesterday to finish a desk. I cut it 16". Had to find another board and rip it and start over.

[ellmoe]

Lumber. 

OK, I have a small project that I need to build this week and I had no 1X12's.


 
I felt kinda lame paying $26 for two 12' 1X12 boards.   :-\

That's the problem with "sawing them and leaving them". Just sayin...  ;)

[WDH]

An to boot, the boards are not even 12" wide  . 

[fishfighter]

I did that a few times on the camp I'm building. :( Hurt my feeling buying lumber, but I didn't have any pine logs on hand at the time. :(

[Brian C.]

I feel for you MM. It hurts every time I walk in the lumber section of a box store. Oooh those prices. If only I could get those prices.

And Yukon, I try to cut two when I need one, That way I can screw up twice before I have to mill again.

[GAB]

Some times it is easier to just buy them anyway. Yesterday I needed one 2x4 cedar 54 inches long. I mill up a small log and get one good 2x out of it and proceed to cut it 53 inches long. so I go get another log and start over.

You should have cut it again at 52" that way you could say I cut it twice and it was still too short.
Gerald

[sealark37]

If you knew someone who has a sawmill, you could have asked him to saw you a few boards for your project.  Have you ever visited a plumber's home, only to find the lid removed from the toilet tank so you could flush it manually?  Regards, Clark

[Tom L]

now that you purchased the two 12"W x 12 ft long boards did you do like everyone does to you and me

rip them down to 3 pc x 4" wide and then cut them in half to 6 ft?

[Wudman]

I feel your pain.  I bought some T-111 siding last week.  It was $36.00 / sheet.  I'm selling that wood for about $20.00 / ton on the stump now.  Makes you want to cry.  It wasn't so long ago that I was getting in the upper $60's on the same stumpage.  T-111 retail was about the same price then.

Wudman

[drobertson]

Time is money, handy is handy, lil over a buck a foot not that bad for only two,

[Magicman]

I built a platform.


 
But the only folks that I know needing a platform are Politicians, Preachers, Singers, & Auctioneers, and them I ain't.   ;D

[Peter Drouin]

Nice, Dose it get a coat of paint? Don't let the goat see it, He'll want it, Goats like to be up on things. :laugh: :laugh:

[terrifictimbersllc]

 Turn it over and fill it with sawdust and it's a giant litter box for Skiptooth the sawmill cat.🐾🐾

[Andy White]

And a fine platform it is!! Can't wait to see the final resting place for this fine specimen. Did not look like this when you had it in the truck.       Good work.         Andy

[Magicman]

Our conversation got side tracked this afternoon Andy and I never did tell you what it is.  Now you will have to wait just like everyone else.   ;D

No paint or finish Peter, it is complete...well almost.  I still have to put some cleats (handles) on each end so two people can pick it up.  It is sorta heavy, well at least cumbersome.

[paul case]

An ice chest to keep your snowman in?

PC

[Peter Drouin]

A box for your crab boil.