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   GHR | Nov 03, 2003 04:54am | #1

   $.30/bdft or $50/hr for 2 men are reasonable prices.

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   user-399008 | Nov 03, 2003 02:32pm | #3

   Thanks, that helps me some. An hourly charge seems like the thing I might encounter, as some of the boards might make it through on a strong single pass while others make take several paasses to remove the deep saw marks.

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   LeeGrindinger | Nov 03, 2003 04:55am | #2

   Pull out the yellow pages, look under "mills', "cabinets", "furnituremakers" and make some calls. Tell them how many BF you have and ask for a price. Be aware that these prices will not include face jointing which flattens boards. Get your prices and decide...

   Lee

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   user-399008 | Nov 03, 2003 02:35pm | #4

   Thanks Lee, I understand that this would be the most definative way to calculate the payback but I was looking for some quick information.

   I'll have to make some calls to find out for sure.

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   BG | Nov 03, 2003 02:59pm | #5

   CW,

   George gave you the quickest answer...$.30 cents per board foot...that is the differential I usually pay for S2S or S3S verses rough sawn from the hardwood supplier.

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   user-399008 | Nov 03, 2003 04:48pm | #6

   Thanks, BG

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   lwilliams | Nov 03, 2003 05:01pm | #7

   CW,

   If you include labor, planing your own stock doesn't pay. The problem is that planed stock isn't straightened before it's planed. If you include the labor, frustration and wasted material in working with s2s or s4s stock; a planer and a jointer become a bargain.

   You don't buy a planer and a jointer to save money buying rough stock. You buy these to be able to start a project by properly preparing your wood. When starting with material that's not straight, flat and square; it's pretty hard to end up with a project that's square and true. Straightening and flattening wood that's already been planed all you end up with is wood that's too thin for most projects.

   The real payback of a planer and jointer come in the finished products, not the cost of the material.

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   user-399008 | Nov 03, 2003 09:45pm | #8

   Larry...Im a hobbyist...I never calculate labor. I was simply trying to determine whether I should have someone plane down (S2S) for me or buy a planer and do it myself. At this stage of the game I am trying to remove the rough saw marks from about 2000 bd.ft. of red oak and black walnut. I mispoke earlier when I gave the amount of board feet I have to do. I was given the trees on my fathers farm.... the only expense incurred thus far is the cost to have some folks rough saw it for me. The logs that went through the woodmizer provided much better boards than the ones that went through a huge circle saw (appx.48") and this job left lots of teeth marks.

   Thanks for your input.