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   BarryO | Feb 09, 2005 11:42pm | #1

   Looks like that goes for $14/BF in retail quantities in Oregon.  Ouch.

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   bones | Feb 10, 2005 12:27am | #2

   Here's a whole Burma teak log for $6,500. How deep is your pocket?

   http://www.gilmerwood.com/new_unique.htm

   I love going here and just looking. One of these day's I'm going to get one of those bubinga figured slabs. 

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   Rich14 | Feb 10, 2005 02:03am | #4

   Bones,

   Impressive!

   I have a picture of a solid teak bench about half the length of that log. (I think it's in a back issue of Archetectural Digest) The bench was simply hewn out of the intact log. Magnificent piece. I always wondered about a source of supply for such timbers.

   $6500. Yowzer! Boy, if I could only talk my wife into this deal. (Honey, I could make so many nice items from that log! She'd say, "Sure sweet cheeks, sell your car. Go for it!")Rich

   Don't ever learn anything new. Rather than give you satisfaction that you know more than you did, it will only confirm you know less than you thought by opening horizons to things of which you had never dreamt and which you now must explore.

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   bones | Feb 10, 2005 05:01am | #6

   Go through their site to the big board section. It's hard to believe wood that big! Expensive too. 

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   BarryO | Feb 10, 2005 04:57am | #5

   I gotta stop in at Gilmer sometime.  'never been there.  it's close to Crosscut, right?  I thought they just did luthier supplies.

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   bones | Feb 10, 2005 05:03am | #7

   You will see a lot of instrument wood. They have a lot of book matched rose wood. I just like to look at the burls and figured stuff. As soon as I can get veneering down, I would like to try the camphor burls.  Cool stuff.

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   knottyone | Feb 10, 2005 05:19am | #8

   BarryO,

   I just bought two heavily figured "birds eye maple" boards this week and they have three warehouses of rare & exotic wood. At the public one they have HUGE slabs of exotic wood that is stacked to the ceiling. I could spend all day there. But it is expensive.

   They are just below the old Montgomery Ward building heading N. on 30. sappy

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   MarkRoderick | Feb 10, 2005 01:17am | #3

   This is not an answer to your question, but. . .

   I went to a supplier here locally in South Jersey looking for enough teak to make a simple porch swing. $1,500. I built it from mahogany.

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   craigmoe | Feb 10, 2005 08:04am | #9

   If you could wait several years, you could just buy the trees from Tropical American Tree Farms.

   http://www.tatf.com

   I was impressed with their business model and entrepreneurship, and I have invested in some of their Teak trees, but none of mine will be harvested for a few years still.  I have the option of taking the lumber instead of the cash when they are milled, but it probably won't be worthwhile unless I am interested in acquiring a huge quantity of teak.

   I'm not sure if they would sell any of their current teak direct in limited quantities, but I guess you could ask.  Most of what they would currently have available is probably also rather young, and may not be suitable for your application.  Anyway, I think it is an interesting concept.  Plus all the trees could be destroyed, and the investment wouldn't be any worse than some of my technology stocks from a few years ago.

   Craig

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   Jmateosky | Feb 10, 2005 02:59pm | #10

   Thanks for the feedback. Sounds intersting, what is the wood expected to sell for when it is ready to harvest, are those retail prices or wholesale???

    

   Jim

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   craigmoe | Feb 11, 2005 06:49am | #11

   Those are wholesale prices.  That is one reason I am still considering having a truckload shipped to me when my trees are harvested.  If I could use some of it and sell the rest of it anywhere close to retail, the investment would be even better.