Basswood costs

Kenny_S · #21 01-07-2006, 11:32 AM

Yep, Dave, we live in the wrong places. Well maybe not. Love it here in SEK.
Guess I don't know what cants are. What I normanlly call cants are the sloping cut part of a log. Here in SEK and OK, they use a treated 8 x8 or bigger for their railing supports. Ya don't want to carve that stuff. Well Dave, some of them have all the luck eh?

Mryooper · #22 01-07-2006, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Hi_Ho_Sliver

For those of us a long way from good basswood, we are stuck! There are suppliers out there that sell good basswood for a decent price, but the shipping kills you! Haven't figured a way around that!

I have sent 78 bdft to a guy in N.C it was pretty fair when you figured I charged $1.50 per bdft plus threw in a extra large piece. Shipping was around $114.00 or so. It's around $2.60 per bdft for 2 1/4 thick basswood. That is shipping and cost of wood. Prices have jumped where i got mine the last time. He is asking $3.50 3" to 4" thick basswood. If you figure what the company charge for wood it is crazy. $2.50 per 1x1x12 and times that by 12 pcs. comes out to $30.00 per bdft.

Hi_Ho_Sliver · #23 01-07-2006, 04:37 PM

I should try a smaller amount of your basswood, has to be better than what I am carving now.........send me an private message on a small box of 2x2x ?? Dave

brian bailey · #24 01-07-2006, 05:01 PM

The last load of basswood logs I bought was .50/bf. These were prime sawlogs.

Now factor in the almost 100 grand I have invested in equipment (sawmill & etc.), the long wait for the thick basswood cants to dry and then factor in an almost 30% waste factor so you can have nice clear wood to carve, shipping is really a minor issue for me.

Now if I could only get the government to subsidize my operation maybe I could sell my product for less than cost.

CarverRog · #25 01-07-2006, 08:35 PM

Hi Ho, at the lumber company I buy mine from they said that there is a man who stops in once a year with a trailer and buys at least 100 bf.at a time. He does this while he is on his vacation.

kb2rocket · #26 01-07-2006, 09:15 PM

please forgive me as I am new to carving but why is basswood prefered over the wood I buy at home depot?

Hi_Ho_Sliver · #27 01-07-2006, 09:23 PM

try some basswood....self explanatory

kb2rocket · #28 01-07-2006, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Hi_Ho_Sliver

try some basswood....self explanatory

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oh key doh key!
I will try it on the lion fish project

Mark N. Akers · #29 01-08-2006, 07:57 AM

Being from South Carolina all we have local is Southern Basswood,If you have
never carved it just order some and try it.As for me I'll pay the shipping and
get my wood from Minnesota,doen't even compare.

GeorgiaCarver · #30 01-08-2006, 09:03 AM

Kb2rocket

Basswood is an easy wood to carve. I holds detail as well as just about any wood. The knife glides through the wood easily. Yet the wood is firm not soft or mushy.

The one drawback that I see with basswood is that it does not have an enhanced grain. What I mean is that Cedar, Oak, Maple etc all have characture through the grain. When you stain it natural the wood is beautiful. Not the case with basswood.

Greg